Section of the genus Nymphaea in the family Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea is a section within the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea of the genus Nymphaea[1][2] native to North America and Europe.[3]
Description
Adaxial leaf surface of
Nymphaea odorata subsp.
tuberosa
Abaxial leaf surface of
Nymphaea odorata subsp.
tuberosa
Vegetative characteristics
The rhizomes are branching.[3]
Generative characteristics
The widest point of the filaments is below the middle.[3]
Taxonomy
It may be paraphyletic to Nymphaea sect. Chamaenymphaea.[4]
Species
Distribution
Its species occur in North America and Europe.[3]
References
- ^ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?type=section&id=18693. Accessed 4 December 2024.
- ^ Naito, H., Kato, S., Shutoh, K., & Shiga, T. (2024). Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal the taxonomic distinctiveness between Nymphaea pygmaea and N. tetragona (Nymphaeaceae).
- ^ a b c d e Wiersema, J. H. (1996). Nymphaea tetragona and Nymphaea leibergii (Nymphaeaceae): two species of diminutive water-lilies in North America. Brittonia, 48, 520-531.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Borsch, T., Wiersema, J. H., Hellquist, C. B., Löhne, C., & Govers, K. (2014). Speciation in North American water lilies: evidence for the hybrid origin of the newly discovered Canadian endemic Nymphaea loriana sp. nov.(Nymphaeaceae) in a past contact zone. Botany, 92(12), 867-882.
