Aquarius palifolius, synonyms including Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant, is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit). It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mexican sword plant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Echinodorus grandiflorus
- Echinodorus subalatus
- Echinodorus cordifolius
- Echinodorus berteroi
- Sagittaria sanfordii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Echinodorus
- Species
- Echinodorus palifolius
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