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Yellow water lily
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphar
Species:
N. shimadai
Binomial name
Nuphar shimadai
Hayata, 1916

Nuphar shimadai[1], commonly known as yellow water lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae, an endemic speciesn of Taiwan. The species is a kind of aquatic plants, which can be found in ponds or lakes. It is a perennial floating-leaved herb.The conservation status of Nuphar shimadai is critically endangered[2].

Specific character

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  • Roots Nuphar shimadai has stout and branched rhizomes.
  • Leaves Leaves of Nuphar shimadai are broadly ovate, 8-12 cm long, 7-9 cm wide, with a rounded tip and a v-shaped notching base. Margin of leaves are entire. Smooth above while shaggy beneath. Depending on the depth of water, Nuphar shimadai have long petioles on the floating leaves.
  • Flowers Nuphar shimadai has yellow flowers in the whole year, with straight pedicel raising the flower above the water. There are 5 ovate sepals, many petals and numerous stamens on the flower. The ovary is spherical and the stigma is red.
  • Fruits
    The fruit of Nuphar shimadai is spherical.

Locality

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Nuphar shimadai can only be found in Taiwan. Few ponds in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Nantou (Chichi) , Yilan (Fushan).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Flora of Taiwan, second edition. Vol. 2. Taipei: The editorial committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, Department of Botany, National Taiwan University. 1996. p. 611.
  2. ^ 臺灣維管束植物紅皮書初評名錄 Preliminary Red List of Taiwanese Vascular Plants. 行政院農業委員會特有生物研究保育中心. 2012. ISBN 9789860337693.
  3. ^ "標本與觀測資料 (specimens and observation data)". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility.