| Nymphaea belophylla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis |
| Species: | N. belophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea belophylla Trickett [1] | |
Nymphaea belophylla is a species of waterlily native to Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela. [1]
Nymphaea belophylla is an aquatic herb. [2] It has subglobose tubers, which are not stoloniferous. [3] The green, elliptic-sagittate leaves with an acute apex are up to 30 cm long and 11 cm wide. [4] The 4-5 mm wide, non-brittle, green petiole is glabrous. [3]
The flowers of Nymphaea belophylla are floating and nocturnal. [2] The glabrous, green, non-brittle peduncle [3] is up to 5 mm wide. [4] In the original publication, the flowers are describes as inodorous. [3] [4] [5] In others, the floral fragrance described as sweet and fruity, [6] or as unpleasant and almond-like. [4] The smooth, pilose, ellipsoid seeds exhibit trichomes arranged in continuous longitudinal lines. [2] The seeds are 0.9 mm wide and 0.75 mm wide. The trichomes are 35-90 μm long. [4]
The chromosome count is not known. [4]
In one instance, it has been found growing in flooded grassland savanna at water depths of 110 cm beneath Tabebuia aurea trees. [7] In another case, it was observed growing in floodplains at water depths of 1.5-2m among the grass species Oryza rufipogon and Paspalum wrightii . [6] In the Pantanal, where it can occur sympatrically with Nymphaea oxypetala , [3] it is found in floodplains and rivers. [8]
It was first described by Trickett in 1971 based on plant material cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The plants had been introduced to cultivation by Amanda Bleher from a specimen collected in Guaporé River, Brazil. [3] [5] [9]
The type locality is the Río Guaporé. It seemed that the type material had gone missing, [10] [6] however the holotype was later found again. The isotype could still not be located. [3]
It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis. [7] [4]
The species name is derived from the Greek βέλος meaning arrow or dart, [5] and -phylla referring to the leaves. It references the strongly pointed, arrow-shaped leaves.
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