Nuphar orbiculata is a species of rhizomatous aquatic plant native to the US-American states Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nuphar |
| Species: | N. orbiculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Nuphar orbiculata | |
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Description
editVegetative characteristics
editNuphar orbiculata is a herbaceous, perennial, aquatic plant.[2][3] The rhizomes are 7-8 cm wide.[4] The petiolate, bright green, orbicular leaves[3] are 20-45 cm long, and 20-45 cm wide.[4] The abaxial surface is pubescent. The petioles are pubescent.[3]
Generative characteristics
editThe flowers are 6 cm wide. The oblong-obovate sepals are 5 cm long. The stigmatic disk is 2 cm wide. The subglobose, 4-5 cm wide fruit bears ovoid, 4.5 mm long, ridged seeds.[3]
Reproduction
editGenerative reproduction
editFlowering and fruiting occurs in July.[3]
Taxonomy
editPublication
editIt was first described as Nymphaea orbiculata Small by John Kunkel Small in 1896. Later, it was included in the genus Nuphar Sm. as Nuphar orbiculata (Small) Standl. published by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1931.[1]
Etymology
editThe specific epithet orbiculata means round or disc-shaped.[5][6][7]
Conservation
editIt is vulnerable.[8]
Ecology
editHabitat
editIt occurs in stagnant waters of blackwater rivers, streams, lakes,[8] and acidic lime sink ponds.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Nuphar orbiculata (Small) Standl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b Nuphar orbiculata - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2024, from http://www.floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=2703
- ^ a b c d e Small, J. K. (1896). Studies in the Botany of the Southeastern United States.-V. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 23(4). http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/711509&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
- ^ a b Nuphar orbiculata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500816
- ^ Burnham, R. J. (2013, May 29). Celastrus orbiculatus | CLIMBERS. Retrieved January 19, 2024, from https://climbers.lsa.umich.edu/celastrus-orbiculatus/
- ^ Cotyledon orbiculata | PlantZAfrica. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2024, from https://pza.sanbi.org/cotyledon-orbiculata
- ^ Bayton, R. (2020). Practical Uses of Botanical Latin. In The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names - with More than 5,000 Entries (pp. 22-318). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209135-007
- ^ a b Nuphar orbiculata Aquatic Vegetation. (n.d.). NatureServe. Retrieved January 19, 2024, from https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688105/Nuphar_orbiculata_Aquatic_Vegetation