| Nuphar sect. Nuphar | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Nuphar lutea | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Order: | Nymphaeales | 
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae | 
| Genus: | Nuphar | 
| Section: |  Nuphar sect. Nuphar  (Autonym)  | 
| Type species | |
|  Nuphar lutea  (L.) Sm.  [1]  | |
| Species | |
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Nuphar sect. Nuphar is a section within the genus Nuphar [2] [3] [4] native to Eurasia, [1] in addition to a single North American species Nuphar microphylla. [3] [1]
Nuphar sect. Nuphar are herbaceous plants. [3]
The flowers have five sepals. The anthers are shorter or as long as half of the filament. [1] The margin of the stigmatic disk is lobed, or rarely entire. [5] The urceolate fruit has an elongate neck. [1]
The autonymous section was created when Donald Jay Padgett described Nuphar sect. Astylus Padgett in 1999. The type species of Nuphar sect. Nuphar is Nuphar lutea(L.) Sm. [1]
It occurs in Eurasia, [1] and North America, where only one species, Nuphar microphylla, is present. [3] [1] The section originated and diversified in Eastern Asia. [6]