Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis is a subspecies of Nuphar pumila native to China.[2][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nuphar |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | N. p. subsp. sinensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett[1]
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| It is native to China[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nuphar sinensis Hand.-Mazz. | |
Description
editVegetative characteristics
editIt is a small plant[2] with 1–3 cm wide rhizomes.[2][3] The green, elliptic to ovate floating leaf[2][4] is 9.3–15.5(–17) cm long, and 6.9–12.3 cm wide.[4] The abaxial leaf surface is glabrous to densely pubescent.[4][2] The compressed petiole[2] is 40 cm long,[3] and 3–5 mm wide.[2][4]
Generative characteristics
editThe 2–4.5(–6) cm wide flower[3][4] has a 3.5–5 mm wide peduncle.[2] The 5[2] yellow, oblong to obovate sepals[3] with an rounded apex[2] are up to 2.5 cm long.[3] The yellow, thin, spatulate to emarginate petals[2] are 7 mm long.[3] The stamens have 3.5–6 mm long anthers.[2] The gynoecium consists of 8–13 carpels.[2][3] The green stigmatic disk is 5–6 mm wide.[4] The urceolate, green,[2] 2–2.7 cm long, and 1.5–2 cm wide fruit bears brown,[4] ovate,[2] 3 mm long seeds.[4]
Taxonomy
editIt was first published as Nuphar sinensis Hand.-Mazz. by Heinrich Raphael Eduard Handel-Mazzetti in 1926. It was included in the species Nuphar pumila (Timm) DC. as Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett published by Donald Jay Padgett in 1999[1][5] based on morphological similarities.[6] It is placed in the section Nuphar sect. Nuphar.[2]
Etymology
editThe subspecific epithet sinensis means "from China".[7]
Ecology
editHabitat
editIt occurs in ponds,[4][3] lakes, and bogs[4] in the warm-temperate region of southeastern China.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Padgett, D. J. (1997). A biosystematic monograph of the genus Nuphar Sm.(Nymphaeaceae). University of New Hampshire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis (Handel-Mazzetti) D. Padgett. (n.d.). Flora of China @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000583
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Padgett, D. J. (2007). A Monograph of Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). Rhodora, 109(937), 1–95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23314744
- ^ Padgett, Donald J . (1999). Nomenclatural novelties in Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany, 18, 823--826. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163222
- ^ Padgett, D. J. (2003). Phenetic studies in Nuphar Sm.(Nymphaeaceae): variation in sect. Nuphar. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 239, 187-197.
- ^ Russell L. Barrett. Camellia sinensis, in P.G. Kodela (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/Camellia%20sinensis [Date Accessed: 09 December 2024]