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Cryptocoryne gasseri

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N. Jacobsen (1979)

Family: Araceae. Synonyms: None.

Etymology: Cryptocoryne: see C. affinis\ gasseri: after R.A. Gasser (Florida). Distribution: Native locations are unknown. Export shipments arrived together with C. scurrilis from Sumatra. Description: Leaf blade narrow ovoid with a slightly caudate base, up to 4 cm in length and 2.5 cm wide, highly bullate, dark green.

Spathe about 4 cm, tube about 1-2 cm, limb 2 cm long, aciculate, reflexed far downwards, interior rough or slightly mammillate, light yellow. Margin of limb with small warts. Collar bulgy, narrow. Throat very small. Female flowers 4. Male flowers 30-40. Number of chromosomes 2n = 34. Culture: A very rare, difficult-to-cultivate Cryptocoryne. Emersed cultivation is best using beech leaf mold. Cultivation in aquariums is unknown. The species is also considered to belong to Cryptocoryne minima (Bast-meijer 1996).

Spathe of Cryptocoryne gasseri.