Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea

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Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea
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Nymphaea candida flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea
Section: Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea
Species

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Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea is a section within the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea of the genus Nymphaea [1] [2] native to North America and Europe. [3]

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Description

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Adaxial leaf surface of Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa
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Abaxial leaf surface of Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa

Vegetative characteristics

The rhizomes are branching. [3]

Generative characteristics

The widest point of the filaments is below the middle. [3]

Taxonomy

It may be paraphyletic to Nymphaea sect. Chamaenymphaea. [4]

Species

Distribution

Its species occur in North America and Europe. [3]

References

  1. ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?type=section&id=18693. Accessed 4 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Naito, H., Kato, S., Shutoh, K., & Shiga, T. (2024). Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal the taxonomic distinctiveness between Nymphaea pygmaea and N. tetragona (Nymphaeaceae).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Wiersema, J. H. (1996). Nymphaea tetragona and Nymphaea leibergii (Nymphaeaceae): two species of diminutive water-lilies in North America. Brittonia, 48, 520-531.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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.
  5. ↑ Borsch, T., Wiersema, J. H., Hellquist, C. B., Löhne, C., & Govers, K. (2014). Speciation in North American water lilies: evidence for the hybrid origin of the newly discovered Canadian endemic Nymphaea loriana sp. nov.(Nymphaeaceae) in a past contact zone. Botany, 92(12), 867-882.
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