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Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis

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Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphar
Species:
Subspecies:
N. p. subsp. sinensis
Trinomial name
Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis
(Hand.-Mazz.) Padgett[1]
It is native to China[1]
Synonyms[1]

Nuphar sinensis Hand.-Mazz.

Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis is a subspecies of Nuphar pumila native to China.[2][1]

Description

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Vegetative characteristics

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It 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

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The 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

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It 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

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The subspecific epithet sinensis means "from China".[7]

Ecology

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Habitat

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It occurs in ponds,[4][3] lakes, and bogs[4] in the warm-temperate region of southeastern China.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Padgett, Donald J . (1999). Nomenclatural novelties in Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany, 18, 823--826. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163222
  6. ^ Padgett, D. J. (2003). Phenetic studies in Nuphar Sm.(Nymphaeaceae): variation in sect. Nuphar. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 239, 187-197.
  7. ^ 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]