[Mustang Boy]

i would like to know if anybody knows where i can find some plants that are natural to lake tanganyika

 

[DirtyBlackSocks]

To the best of my knowledge (and I'm no expert by a long shot) the only plant widely available that is native to Lake Tanganyika is Vallisneria.

 

[tony t.]

Règne : Protista

Division : Chlorophyta

Classe : Charophyceae

Famille : Characeae
Chara brachypus Chara brachypus var. tanganyikae Chara zeylanica
Nitella mucronata

Classe : Chlororophyceae

Famille : Cladophoraceae
Cladophora crispata Cladophora inconspicua

Division : Bryophyta

Classe : Hepaticopsida

Famille : Ricciaceae
Riccia fluitans
Ricciocarpus natans

Division : Pterophyta

Classe : Pteropsida

Famille : Adiantaceae
Ceratopteris cornuta

Famille : Azollaceae
Azolla nilotica Azolla pinnata var. africana

Famille : Marsileaceae
Marsilea coromandelina Marsilea diffusa Marsilea minuta

Famille : Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteris totta

Règne : Plantae

Division : Anthophyta

Classe : Liliopsida

Famille : Alismataceae
Burnatia enneandra
Limnophyton obtusifolium

Famille : Araceae
Pistia stratiotes

Famille : Cyperaceae
Cyperus alopecuroides Cyperus alternifolius Cyperus articulatus Cyperus haspan Cyperus laevigatus
Cyperus latifolius Cyperus maculatus Cyperus papyrus Cyperus richardii var. angustior Steudel
Fimbristylis complanata Fimbristylis exilis
Fuirena glomerata Fuirena pachyrrhiza
Kyllinga buchananii
Pycreus mundtii

Famille : Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.)
Ottellia lancifolia Ottelia scabra Ottelia ulvifolia
Vallisneria aethiopica

Famille : Lemnaceae
Lemna paucicostata
Spirodela polyrhiza

Famille : Najadaceae
Najas horrida Najas marina subsp. armata Linnaeus

Famille : Poaceae
Echinochloa crus-pavonis Echinochloa pyramidalis Echinochloa nubica
Hemarthria natans
Leersia hexandra
Oryza barthii
Phragmites mauritianus
Vossia cuspidata

Famille : Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton filiformis Potamogeton pectinatus Potamogeton schweinfurthii

Classe : Magnoliopsida

Famille : Acanthaceae
Hygrophyla auriculata

Famille : Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum

Famille : Haloragidaceae
Myriophyllum spicatum

Famille : Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia exoleta Utricularia inflexa Utricularia stellaris

Famille : Nympheaceae
Nymphaea Calliantha Nymphaea capensis Nymphaea coerulea
Nymphaea lotus forma Nymphaea mildbroedii Nymphaea ovalifolia

Famille : Onagraceae
Ludwigia stolonifera

Famille : Polygonaceae
Polygonum senegalense Polygonum setosolum Polygonum pulchrum

Famille : Trapaceae
Trapa natans var. bispinosa Linnaeus

 

[Longstocking]

Hornwort is through out the lake. Take a look at our site sponsors for places to purchase plants.

 

[24Tropheus]

Take care selecting Hornwort though you want one that will stand your pH.
Ceratophyllum demersum (Common Hornwort) and not C. submersum (Tropical Hornwort), over thirty other species listed, probably variants of the two main species.

Grows best for me as a floating plant in not too highly filtered tanks.
(High water movement causes it to move about too much on the surface and thus die.)
Trying to root it is hopeless for me, it just brakes off then the burred bit rots. Rap around decor for the best results (securing it on to decor only lasts a while as it always seems to brake at the point its tied).

Many are cultured at low pHs if so take the pH up slowly or it may die back causing an algae problem.
Very rare for it to be imported from Lake Tanganyika I hear.

But you guessed it. Mine is.

 

[SLIGHTLY STOOPID]

I would guess that plant list includes river estuaries and other swampy areas not from the lake itself.