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Nymphaea subg. Anecphya

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Nymphaea subg. Anecphya
Botanical illustration of Nymphaea gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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Characteristic separation of petals and stamens in Nymphaea gigantea flower
Characteristic separation of petals and stamens in Nymphaea gigantea flower

Vegetative characteristics

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The rhizomes are erect and tuberous.[3] The rhizomes do not produce stolons. The leaves have dentate margins.[5]

Generative characteristics

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The diurnal flowers are large and emergent.[4] In Nymphaea subg. Anecphya s.str. there is a conspicuous gap separating petals from stamens.[4][5] The flowers have up to 600 stamens. The carpels do not have carpellary appendages.[4]

Taxonomy

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Publication

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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.[6][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.[7][4]

Type species

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

Species

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Distribution

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

Ecology

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Habitat

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Nymphaea subgen. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/133996-3
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 127. USA: FB&C Limited.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b null. Nymphaea subg. Anecphya, 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.%20Anecphya [Date Accessed: 02 February 2024]
  6. ^ Nymphaea subsect. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/134009-3
  7. ^ Nymphaea subgen. Confluentes | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77081992-1