Nymphaea hastifolia

Nymphaea hastifolia is a species of waterlily native to the Northern Territory, and Western Australia.[1]

Nymphaea hastifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Species:
N. hastifolia
Binomial name
Nymphaea hastifolia
Domin[1]
Nymphaea hastifolia is native to the Northern Territory, and Western Australia[1]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Nymphaea hastifolia is an annual or perennial aquatic herb[2][3][4] with globose rhizomes. The elliptical floating leaves with sinuate margins are 20 cm long, and 15 cm wide. The adaxial leaf surface is green, but the abaxial leaf surface displays purple colouration.[4]

Generative characteristics

The emergent flowers are white.[3][5] The seeds are ellipsoid or globoid.[2]

Reproduction

Generative reproduction

Flowering occurs from March to June.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first described by Karel Domin in 1925.[1]

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by Schultz in Port Darwin, Australia.[6]

Placement within Nymphaea

It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya.[7][8]

Etymology

The specific epithet hastifolia is derived from hasta, meaning spear, and folium, meaning leaf. It means having spear-shaped leaves.[9][10]

Conservation

It is not threatened.[3]

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in lagoons,[11][12][13] peat bogs,[5] seasonally flooded grassland,[14] ephemeral billabongs, creeks,[3] and rivers.[15]

Use

The rhizome, roots, and seeds of Nymphaea hastifolia are used as food.[16][17]

References
  1. "Nymphaea hastifolia Domin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. Species: Nymphaea hastifolia. (n.d.). Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved January 1, 2024, from https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2897049#ausTraits
  3. Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/13915 (Accessed 2 January 2024).
  4. Elliot, W. R., Jones, D. L. (1981). "Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: N-Po." p. 47. Australien: Lothian Publishing Company Pty. Limited.
  5. Magdalena, C. (2017). "The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species." Vereinigtes Königreich: Penguin Books Limited.
  6. Type of Nymphaea hastifolia Domin [family NYMPHAEACEAE]. (n.d.). JSTOR. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000659160
  7. 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.
  8. Löhne, C. (2007). "Molecular Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography of Basal Angiosperms (Doctoral dissertation, Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Bonn)."
  9. Dioscorea hastifolia. (2021, September 16). Friends of Queens Park Bushland | Protect & Regenerate Bushland. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://www.friendsofqueensparkbushland.org.au/dioscorea-hastifolia/
  10. Ilieva, I. A. (2023). "Specific botanical epithets meaning likeness."
  11. Lamche, G. (2007). "THE LAGOONS OF THE OUTER DARWIN AREA, NT."
  12. LAMCHE, G., & SCHULT, J. (2012). "MACROPHYTE VEGETATION OF SIX LAGOONS IN THE DARWIN REGION, NT."
  13. Lamche, G., Schult, J., & Estbergs, A. (2008). "Trialing a Framework and Indicators for Wetland Extent, Distribution and Condition at the Regional Level."
  14. Finlayson, C.M., Cowie, I.D., Bailey, B.J. (1990). Characteristics of a Seasonally Flooded Freshwater System in Monsoonal Australia. In: Whigham, D.F., Good, R.E., Kvet, J. (eds) Wetland Ecology and Management: Case Studies. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2115-3_18
  15. Keighery, G. (n.d.). "Protecting the Kimberley's unique flora."
  16. Gil Hardwick, Economically Useful Plants for Northern Australia: Master Species List, August 2001, http://ebookswest.com.au/northern_species_list.pdf
  17. Vigilante, T., Toohey, J., Gorring, A., Blundell, V., Saunders, T., Mangolamara, S., ... & Doohan, K. (2013). "Island country: Aboriginal connections, values and knowledge of the Western Australian Kimberley islands in the context of an island biological survey." Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement, 81, 145-181.
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