| Nymphaea alexii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Anecphya |
| Species: | N. alexii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea alexii S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq. [2] | |
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| Nymphaea alexii is endemic to Queensland, Australia [2] | |
Nymphaea alexii is a species of waterlily endemic to Queensland, Australia. [2]
Nymphaea alexii is an annual or perennial plant with 2 cm wide, globose rhizomes. The elliptic, 15 cm long, and 10 cm wide leaf blades have a slightly sinuate margin. [3]
The fragrant flowers extend up to 30 cm above the water surface. The androecium consists of 150 stamens with 17 mm long membranous filaments. The gynoecium consists of 8-16 carpels. The apex of the ovary often displays red colouration. The 4.5 cm wide, globose fruit bears elongate, glabrous, longitudinally ridged, 1-2 mm long seeds. [3]
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in 2006. [2] [4]
The type specimen was collected by Jacobs and Hellquist in Queensland, Australia on the 17th of April 2005. [3]
Nymphaea alexii is named after Alex James Fussell, the grandson of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs. [3]
The NCA status of Nymphaea alexii is Special Least Concern. [1]
It occurs in shallow margins of lagoons, and in ephemeral billabongs. [3]
Nymphaea macrosperma is an annual or perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Australia and New Guinea.
Albert de Lestang was a French-Australian botanist. From his North Queensland property, Adel's Grove, de Lestang supplied seeds and plants to botanical gardens around the world. In 1946 he supplied seeds of a rare white-flowered water lily that the botanical world had been chasing since 1852. The seeds were sent to Kew Gardens but forwarded to Texas for propagation. The lily was originally referred to as a form of Nymphaea gigantea but is currently identified as a new species N. carpentariae. The cultivar 'Albert De L'Estang' is thought to be a different species, N. immutabilis.
Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia, and possibly New Guinea, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere. It is an aquatic plant whose natural habitat is permanent and semi-permanent still water bodies.
Goodenia bellidifolia, commonly known as daisy goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, perennial herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, spikes or thyrses of lemon-yellow to orange flowers, and oval to more or less spherical fruit.
Nymphaea atrans is a species of waterlily is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea vaporalis is a species of waterlily endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea carpentariae is a species of waterlily native to Queensland and Western Australia.
Nymphaea elleniae is a species of waterlily native to Papua New Guinea, and North Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea georginae is a species of waterlily native to the Northern Territory, and the state of Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea immutabilis is a species of waterlily native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea jacobsii is a species of waterlily endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea kakaduensis is a species of waterlily endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia.
Nymphaea kimberleyensis is a species of waterlily endemic to Western Australia.
Nymphaea loriana is a species of waterlily endemic to Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Nymphaea lukei is a species of waterlily endemic to Western Australia.
Nymphaea noelae is a species of water lily endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Nymphaea petersiana is a species of the genus Nymphaea native to the region spanning from Tanzania to South Africa.
Nymphaea subg. Anecphya is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Nymphaea subg. Confluentes is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Nymphaea pygmaea is a controversial species of perennial, aquatic herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Asia.