Nymphaea glandulifera

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Nymphaea glandulifera
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Floating leaf of Nymphaea glandulifera with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background with adaxial leaf surface (left) and abaxial leaf surface (right)
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Nymphaea glandulifera flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis
Species:
N. glandulifera
Binomial name
Nymphaea glandulifera
Rodschied [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Castalia blandaG.Lawson
  • Leuconymphaea blandaKuntze
  • Nymphaea blandaG.Mey.
  • Nymphaea blandaf. genuina Planch.
  • Nymphaea blanda var. fenzliana(Lehm.) Casp.
  • Nymphaea fenzlianaLehm.

Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America. [1]

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Description

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Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied flower
Cross section of Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied petiole with numerous air canals on a grey background Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied petiole cross section.jpg
Cross section of Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied petiole with numerous air canals on a grey background

Vegetative characteristics

Nymphaea glandulifera produces ovoid tubers, which do not produce stolons. [2] [3] The petiole has two sets of air channels: Four central channels and four peripheral smaller channels. [2]

Generative characteristics

The flowers have a green peduncle, which has six bigger air channels and twelve smaller peripheral air channels. [2] The flowers open at dusk and close by midnight. [2] [3] This species does not have proliferating pseudanthia. [2]

Reproduction

Cyclocephala castanea beetles have reportedly visited flowers of Nymphaea glandulifera Cyclocephala - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 021 05 0007 (cropped).tif
Cyclocephala castanea beetles have reportedly visited flowers of Nymphaea glandulifera

Only sexual reproduction is known to occur in this species. No stolons or proliferate pseudanthia are known to occur in Nymphaea glandulifera. [2] [3] Autogamy is thought to occur in this species. Additionally, there have been reports of Cyclocephala castanea beetles visiting Nymphaea glandulifera flowers in Surinam. [3]

Habitat

In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water. [4]

Taxonomy

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by Rodschied in Guyana. [5]

Placement within Nymphaea

It is placed within Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis. [3] [6]

Etymology

The specific epithet glandulifera means "gland bearing". [7]

Cultivation

It is suitable for small aquariums. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wiersema, J. H. (1987). A Monograph of Nymphaea Subgenus Hydrocallis (Nymphaeaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 16, 1–112. https://doi.org/10.2307/25027681
  4. ↑ Ritter, N. P., Crow, G. E., & Wiersema, J. H. (2001). "Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) in Bolivia: notes on several species, three new country records, and a key to species." Rhodora, 103(915), 326-331.
  5. ↑ Nymphaea glandulifera | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.ipni.org/n/281434-2
  6. ↑ 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. https://doi.org/10.1086/513476
  7. ↑ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from http://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=glandulifer
  8. ↑ Die Grüne Zwergseerose - Nymphea glandulifera. (2020, November 16). Aquarium Ratgeber. Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.aquarium-ratgeber.com/aquarienpflanzen/pflanzen-vz/tigerlotus/zwergseerose/
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