| Nymphaea ondinea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. ondinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch | |
| Subspecies [1] | |
Nymphaea ondinea subsp. ondinea Contents | |
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| Nymphaea ondinea is native to Western Australia [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Ondinea purpureaHartog | |
Nymphaea ondinea is an aquatic plant in the family Nymphaeaceae native to northwestern Australia.
It is a perennial, tuberous plant with 1–6 oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm long, and 1–2 cm wide tubers. The contractile roots are 1–1.5 mm wide. [2] The plant has floating or submerged leaves. [3] The submerged leaves with undulate leaf margins [4] are 6–24 cm long. [3] The upper surface of the submerged leaves is green, and the lower surface is dark blue. [4] The floating leaves are 7 cm long, and 2 cm wide. [3]
The pink to purple, solitary flower with a terete, [2] 3–6 mm peduncle emerges up to 10–20 cm above water surface. [3] The flowers have four [2] 9–33 mm long sepals. [3] The petals can be absent or present. [2] The androeceum consists of 15–34 stamens. [3] The gynoecium consists of 3–14 carpels. [2]
It was first published as Ondinea purpurea Hartog by Hartog in 1970. [1] It was transferred to the genus Nymphaea L. as Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch published by Cornelia Löhne, John Harry Wiersema, and Thomas Borsch in 2009. [1] [5] The type specimen was collected by W. Leutert North-East of Kalimburu, Kimberley district, Western Australia on the 15th of April 1968. [6] [7] It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Anecphya. [5]
It occurs in sandstone streams. [2]
Nymphaea ondinea is not threatened. [8] However, its subspecies Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea is classified as a Priority 1: Poorly-known species under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. [9] [10]
The attempts to grow Nymphaea ondinea have been met with low levels of success. [11] [4]
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