Nymphaea harleyi
| Nymphaea harleyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. harleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul.[1]
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| Nymphaea harleyi is endemic to Brazil[1] | |
Nymphaea harleyi is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.[1]
Description
[edit]Vegetative characteristics
[edit]Nymphaea harleyi is an aquatic herb[2] with cylindrical tubers, which are not stoloniferous.[3] The leaf blades float on the water surface. It is ovate and has an entire and flat margin. It has actinodromous leaf venation.[2] The 9.3−15.2 cm long and 6.5−10 cm wide leaf blades are attached to 2−4 mm wide petioles with four major, two medium, and 8 minor peripheral air canals.[3]
Generative characteristics
[edit]The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface.[2] The flowers have peduncles with five primary central and ten secondary peripheral air canals.[3] The gynoecium is syncarpous and consists of 27−35 carpels.[3] The clavate appendix of the carpels have an obtuse to rounded apex.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]Vegetative reproduction
[edit]Both stolons and proliferating pseudanthia are absent.[2][3]
Generative reproduction
[edit]Neither fruits nor seeds have been observed.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.[1]
Type specimen
[edit]The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima, R. Machado, A.M. Giulietti and R.M. Harley on 3 February 2012 in Tocantins, Brazil.[3]
Placement within Nymphaea
[edit]It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet harleyi honours Prof. Dr. Raymond M. Harley of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. (n.d.-b). Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB623383
- ^ a b c d e f g h i de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.