Nymphaea subg. Lotos is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.[3][2]
Nymphaea subg. Lotos | |
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Botanical illustration of Nymphaea lotus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Nymphaea |
Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Lotos |
Type species | |
Nymphaea lotus L.[1][2] | |
Species | |
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Description
editVegetative characteristics
editThe rhizomes are short, vertical, and tuberous. The leaves have a dentate margin.[2]
Generative characteristics
editThe emergent flowers are nocturnal or diurnal. The stamens do not have sterile appendages at the apex.[2]
Taxonomy
editPublication
editIt was published as Nymphaea sect. Lotos DC. by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1821. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subgen. Lotos (DC.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905.[3][1]
Type species
editThe type species is Nymphaea lotus L.[2]
Species
edit- †Nymphaea brongniartii (Caspary) Saporta[4]
- Nymphaea lotus L.
- Nymphaea pubescens Willd.
- Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews
Fossil record
editFossils from the upper Oligocene (28.4–23.0 million years ago) of France have been assigned to Nymphaea subg. Lotos.[4]
Distribution
editIt is native to the paleotropis.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Nymphaea sect. Lotos | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303556-1
- ^ a b c d e f null. Nymphaea subg. Lotos, 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.%20Lotos [Date Accessed: 24 January 2024]
- ^ a b Nymphaea subgen. Lotos | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303970-1
- ^ a b Butzmann, R., & Fischer, T. C. (2013). "Fossil water lily fruits with seeds Nymphaea subgenus Lotos, from the Oligocene of Armissan/Narbonne (France)." Zitteliana, 93-104.