| Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis | |
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| In foreground: Eichornia crassipes; in background: flat leaves of Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis and Pistia stratiotes Contents | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | |
| Variety: | N. l. var. thermalis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis | |
Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis is a variety of Nymphaea lotus native to Romania. [1]
Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis is a water lily which blooms at night [2] – its flowers last four days and have four sepals, 19–20 white petals along with yellow anthers and stamens. [3] There is usually a 15–30 cm gap between flowers and the surface of the water, flowers are slightly fragrant; the round leaves of the plant are 20–50 cm wide. [3] A description was first formally published in Math. Természettud. Értes. 25(4):32, 36. 1907. [1]
Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis is endemic to the thermal water of the Peţa River, Sânmartin, Bihor County, Romania. [2] The area is protected as a nature reserve (51.0 hectares (126 acres) in size) and consists of a rivulet along with three ponds. The water has a roughly constant temperature of around 30 °C whilst the site has an average air temperature of 10–11 °C. [2] The thermal waters have been recorded as early as 1211, but it was only in 1799 that the first record of N. lotus was made, by Pál Kitaibel. [2] [4] Janos Tuzson proposed in 1907 that this population's unusual location could be explained by the persistent heat provided by the thermal springs could have sustained the population at a pre-ice age time when the plant would have been spreading across the warmer regions of Europe; this theory was corroborated by additional evidence provided by the identification of other endemic species. [2] [5] Alexandru Borza was the Government minister in charge of education (and also a botanist) who made the first push for legal protection and recognition of Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis – in 1932, the Cabinet of Romania declared the rivulet a nature reserve and the plant a "national monument". [2] Conservation action with the intent to preserve this population has been undertaken for many years (since at least 1940) – including the management of invasive species – and the plant has been included in recent water management legislation. [2]
Whilst not held in any Romanian botanical gardens, Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis is grown at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and at the botanic garden of Bonn University. [2]
It was first described as Nymphaea thermalis DC. in 1821. Later, it was reduced from the species status to the variety Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson in 1907. In the following year another name, Castalia thermalis (DC.) Simonk., was published. The accepted name is Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson. [1]
Some sources believe it is a relict, which had survived the ice age due to warm water from the thermal spring in Romania. [6] DNA analyses came to the conclusion, that Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis is not distinct from Nymphaea lotus and cannot be a relict population. [7] It was primarily separated for geographical reasons. [8]
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