Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.[3][4]
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| Botanical illustration of Nymphaea alba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea |
| Type species | |
| Nymphaea alba L.[1] | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
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Vegetative characteristics
editSpecies of Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea have horizontal or vertical rhizomes. The leaf margins are entire, sinuate or crenate, but never dentate.[4]
Generative characteristics
editThe diurnal flowers float on the water surface.[4] The outer stamens have petaloid filaments.[5] The stamens do not have a sterile appendage at the apex.[4][6] The carpellary styles are ligulate.[5][6] The petals are predominantly white, but pink, red, and yellow colouration occurs as well.[6] The large seeds have a smooth surface.[4]
Taxonomy
editType species
editThe type species is Nymphaea alba L.[1][4]
Species
edit- Nymphaea alba L.
- Nymphaea candida C.Presl
- Nymphaea leibergii (Morong) Rydb.
- Nymphaea loriana Wiersema, Hellq. & Borsch
- Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.
- Nymphaea odorata Aiton
- Nymphaea tetragona Georgi
- Nymphaea × thiona D.B.Ward
Distribution
editNymphaea subg. Nymphaea occurs in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[4][3][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea. (2020, January 6). Wikispecies. Retrieved 19:38, January 23, 2024 from https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nymphaea_subg._Nymphaea&oldid=7207897.
- ^ Nymphaea nymphaea GRIN-Global. (n.d.). U.S. National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?type=subgenus&id=18563
- ^ a b Borsch, T., Hilu, K. W., Wiersema, J. H., Löhne, C., Barthlott, W., & Wilde, V. (2007). "Phylogeny of Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae): evidence from substitutions and microstructural changes in the chloroplast trnT-trnF region." International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168(5), 639-671.
- ^ a b c d e f g null. Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Nymphaea%20subg.%20Nymphaea [Date Accessed: 24 January 2024]
- ^ a b Wood, Carroll E. (1959). The Genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the Southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 40, 94–112. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/324659
- ^ a b c d Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Nymphaea. (n.d.). Retrieved February 3, 2024, from https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Nymphaea.html