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Eichhornia crassipes

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Noun1.Eichhornia crassipes - a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowersEichhornia crassipes - a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
Eichhornia spesiosa, water hyacinth, water orchid
Eichhornia, genus Eichhornia - water hyacinth; water orchid
aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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Floating species Eichhornia crassipes was chosen due to its high uptake rates investigated in a previous study (Sipaúba-Tavares et al.
Constructed wetland in wastewater treatment by Sipaúba-Tavares, Lúcia Helena; de Souza Braga, Francisco Manoel / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
Royal (Water-thyme) and Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.
Two exotic ferns, Dryopteris erythrosora and Marsilea quadrifolia, ... by Simpson, John; Grank, Don / American Fern Journal
Non-native aquatic species, such as Egeria densa, Eichhornia crassipes, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Salvinia molesta often occur in large monospecific stands, dominating lake plant communities and out-competing native plant taxa for light and space.
The history and aquatic flora of Silver Lake, Porter County, Indiana, ... by Scribailo, Robin W. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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