Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras

Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.[4][5]

Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
Botanical illustration of Nymphaea elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
(Casp) Conard[1]
Type species
Nymphaea stellata
Willd.[2][3]
Species

See text

Description
Stamens of Nymphaea ampla with characteristic sterile appendages at the apex

Vegetative characteristics

The rhizome is ovate to oblong.[6] The rhizome is not stoloniferous.[3]

Generative characteristics

The flowers are diurnal[5] and extend above the water surface.[3] The stamens have an apical, conspicuous, sterile appendage.[7][3] The styles are thick and fleshy.[7] Sepals are persistent on the fruit.[6][7]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published as Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras Casp. by Robert Caspary in 1866. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras (Casp.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905.[1][2][8]

Type species

The type species is Nymphaea stellata Willd.[2][3]

Species

Distribution

Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras has a pantropical distribution.[8][5][4]

References
  1. Nymphaea subgen. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303968-1
  2. Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303549-1
  3. null. Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras, 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.%20Brachyceras [Date Accessed: 24 January 2024]
  4. de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
  5. 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. https://doi.org/10.1086/513476
  6. Caspary, J. X. R. (1866). Nymphaeaceae. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi, 241–256. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft.date=1866&rft.spage=243&rft.volume=2&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/113&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
  7. Wood, Carroll E. (1959). The Genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the Southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 40, 94–112. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/324659
  8. Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 131. USA: FB&C Limited.
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