Just got back from Melbourne last night. Only had 80 mail items waiting -
you guys have sure been quiet :-)
We are trying to give the plants some coverage - later we even hope to
have the occasional A - Z type of article on other aquatic animals such as
frogs and reptiles such as turtles.
There are a lot of Australian aquatic plants that are cosmopolitan such as
Ceratophyllum, Hydrilla, Riccia,Ceratopteris , Vallisneria ( spiralis,
gigantea, gracilis), Limnophila (at least 4 species), Myriophyllum (at
least 5 species), Hygrophila (salicifolia), Aponogeton elongatus ( plus a
few other species), Glossostigma, Marsilea ( 4 species), various species of
Nymphaea and Nymphoides and so on.
Similarly for New Guinea but the range of available endemic species is
even more limited. However Java Fern is readily available and is common in
PNG. There are no Australian Crypts but 3 species occur in PNG - C.
ciliata, C. versteegii and C. dewitii.