Biology:Nymphaea subg. Anecphya

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Short description: Subgenus of flowering plants

Nymphaea subg. Anecphya
Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (PL. 751) (9136036300).jpg
Botanical illustration of Nymphaea gigantea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Anecphya
(Casp.) Conard[1]
Type species
Nymphaea gigantea Hook.[2][3]
Species

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Nymphaea subg. Anecphya is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.[3][4]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

The rhizomes are erect and tuberous.[3]

Generative characteristics

The diurnal flowers are large and emergent. The flowers have up to 600 stamens. The carpels do not have carpellary appendages.[4]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Robert Caspary as Nymphaea subsect. Anecphya Casp. in 1888. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subgen. Anecphya (Casp.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905.[5][1] Part of this subgenus was split off by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 2007 to create the new subgenus Nymphaea subgenus Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs.[6][4]

Type species

The type species is Nymphaea gigantea Hook.[2][3]

Species


Distribution

Nymphaea subg. Anecphya has an Australasian distribution.[4]

Ecology

Habitat

Species of this subgenus occur in lagoons, lakes, ponds, creeks, artificial dams, and billabongs.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nymphaea subgen. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/133996-3
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nymphaea subg. Anecphya. (2020, July 13). Wikispecies. Retrieved 18:40, January 23, 2024 from https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nymphaea_subg._Anecphya&oldid=7603095 .
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 127. USA: FB&C Limited.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Löhne, C., Borsch, T., Jacobs, S. W., Hellquist, C. B., & Wiersema, J. H. (2008). "Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences reveal complex reticulate patterns in Australian water-lilies (Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya, Nymphaeaceae)." Australian Systematic Botany, 21(4), 229-250.
  5. Nymphaea subsect. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/134009-3
  6. Nymphaea subgen. Confluentes | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77081992-1

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