Biology:Nymphaea harleyi
| Nymphaea harleyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. harleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul.[1]
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| Nymphaea harleyi is endemic to Brazil[1] | |
Nymphaea harleyi is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil .[1]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea harleyi is an aquatic herb[2] with cylindrical tubers, which are not stoloniferous.[3] The leaf blades float on the water surface. It is ovate and has an entire and flat margin. It has actinodromous leaf venation.[2] The 9.3−15.2 cm long and 6.5−10 cm wide leaf blades are attached to 2−4 mm wide petioles with four major, two medium, and 8 minor peripheral air canals.[3]
Generative characteristics
The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface.[2] The flowers have peduncles with five primary central and ten secondary peripheral air canals.[3] The gynoecium is syncarpous and consists of 27−35 carpels.[3] The clavate appendix of the carpels have an obtuse to rounded apex.[2]
Reproduction
Vegetative reproduction
Both stolons and proliferating pseudanthia are absent.[2][3]
Generative reproduction
Neither fruits nor seeds have been observed.[3]
Taxonomy
It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.[1]
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima, R. Machado, A.M. Giulietti and R.M. Harley on the 3rd of February 2012 in Tocantins, Brazil.[3]
Placement within Nymphaea
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis.[3]
Etymology
The specific epithet harleyi honours Prof. Dr. Raymond M. Harley of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77295792-1. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. (n.d.-b). Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB623383
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
Wikidata ☰ Q123901321 entry
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