Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras

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Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
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Botanical illustration of Nymphaea elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
(Casp) Conard [1]
Type species
Nymphaea stellata
Willd. [2] [3]
Species

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Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea . [4] [5]

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Description

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Stamens of Nymphaea ampla with characteristic sterile appendages at the apex

Vegetative characteristics

The rhizome is ovate to oblong. [6] The rhizome is not stoloniferous. [3]

Generative characteristics

The white, pink, purple, or cyan, [6] diurnal flowers [5] extend above the water surface. [3] The stamens have an apical, conspicuous, sterile appendage. [7] [3] The styles are thick and fleshy. [7] Sepals are persistent on the fruit. [6] [7] The small seeds are ellipsoid to subglobose. [6]

Taxonomy

It was published as Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras Casp. by Robert Caspary in 1866. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras (Casp.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905. [1] [2] [8] The type species is Nymphaea stellata Willd. [2] [3]

Etymology

The subgeneric name Brachyceras from the Greek brachys meaning 'short', and keras meaning 'horn', [9] means short-horned. [10]

Species

Distribution

Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras has a pantropical distribution. [8] [5] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Nymphaea subgen. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303968-1
  2. 1 2 3 Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303549-1
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 null. Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Nymphaea%20subg.%20Brachyceras [Date Accessed: 24 January 2024]
  4. 1 2 de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
  5. 1 2 3 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
  6. 1 2 3 4 Caspary, J. X. R. (1866). Nymphaeaceae. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi, 241–256. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft.date=1866&rft.spage=243&rft.volume=2&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/113&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
  7. 1 2 3 Wood, Carroll E. (1959). The Genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the Southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 40, 94–112. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/324659
  8. 1 2 Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 131. USA: FB&C Limited.
  9. ↑ Porter, M. (2025, March 5). Brachycera. Bugs With Mike. Retrieved March 5, 2025, from https://bugswithmike.com/glossary/brachycera
  10. ↑ National Ecological Observatory Network. (n.d.). Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. NEON Biorepository Data Portal. Retrieved March 5, 2025, from https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=11459&taxauthid=1&clid=35
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Löhne, C., Yoo, M. J., Borsch, T., Wiersema, J., Wilde, V., Bell, C. D., ... & Soltis, P. S. (2008). Biogeography of Nymphaeales: extant patterns and historical events. Taxon, 57(4), 1123-19E.
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