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Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis

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Species of water lily

Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphar
Species: N. pumila
Subspecies: N. p. subsp. sinensis
Trinomial name
Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis
(Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett
It is native to China
Synonyms

Nuphar sinensis Hand.-Mazz.

Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis is a subspecies of Nuphar pumila native to China.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

It is a small plant with 1–3 cm wide rhizomes. The green, elliptic to ovate floating leaf is 9.3–15.5(–17) cm long, and 6.9–12.3 cm wide. The abaxial leaf surface is glabrous to densely pubescent. The compressed petiole is 40 cm long, and 3–5 mm wide.

Generative characteristics

The 2–4.5(–6) cm wide flower has a 3.5–5 mm wide peduncle. The 5 yellow, oblong to obovate sepals with an rounded apex are up to 2.5 cm long. The yellow, thin, spatulate to emarginate petals are 7 mm long. The stamens have 3.5–6 mm long anthers. The gynoecium consists of 8–13 carpels. The green stigmatic disk is 5–6 mm wide. The urceolate, green, 2–2.7 cm long, and 1.5–2 cm wide fruit bears brown, ovate, 3 mm long seeds.

Taxonomy

It was first published as Nuphar sinensis Hand.-Mazz. by Heinrich Raphael Eduard Handel-Mazzetti in 1926. It was included in the species Nuphar pumila (Timm) DC. as Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett published by Donald Jay Padgett in 1999 based on morphological similarities. It is placed in the section Nuphar sect. Nuphar.

Etymology

The subspecific epithet sinensis means "from China".

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in ponds, lakes, and bogs in the warm-temperate region of southeastern China.

References

  1. ^ "Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  2. ^ Padgett, D. J. (1997). A biosystematic monograph of the genus Nuphar Sm.(Nymphaeaceae). University of New Hampshire.
  3. ^ Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Handel-Mazzetti) D. Padgett. (n.d.). Flora of China @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000583
  4. ^ Padgett, D. J. (2007). A Monograph of Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). Rhodora, 109(937), 1–95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23314744
  5. Padgett, Donald J . (1999). Nomenclatural novelties in Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany, 18, 823--826. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163222
  6. Padgett, D. J. (2003). Phenetic studies in Nuphar Sm.(Nymphaeaceae): variation in sect. Nuphar. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 239, 187-197.
  7. Russell L. Barrett. Camellia sinensis, in P.G. Kodela (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/Camellia%20sinensis
Taxon identifiers
Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis
Nuphar sinensis
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