Nuphar sect. Nuphar | |
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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]