Resource Deterioration of the Habitats of the Cryptocoryne Species 2026-05-16

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Deterioration of the Habitats of the Cryptocoryne Species - Niels Jacobsen lecture from 1986

Abstract

Few tropical plants are as well known as the genus Cryptocoryne (Araceae). It is aquatic to

amphibious, found throughout SE Asia, although each species usually has only a limited area of

distribution. Cryptocoryne grows in running water and each species is in growth and flowering

adapted to just those circumstances under which they grow. The habitats of the more than 50 known

species are mostly streams and rivers, 1-20 m wide with not too rapidly flowing water, in the lowland...

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