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Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea

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Section of the genus Nymphaea in the family Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea
Nymphaea candida flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 native to North America and Europe.

Description

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

Vegetative characteristics

The rhizomes are branching.

Generative characteristics

The widest point of the filaments is below the middle.

Taxonomy

It may be paraphyletic to Nymphaea sect. Chamaenymphaea.

Species

Distribution

Its species occur in North America and Europe.

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. ^ Wiersema, J. H. (1996). Nymphaea tetragona and Nymphaea leibergii (Nymphaeaceae): two species of diminutive water-lilies in North America. Brittonia, 48, 520-531.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea
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