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Nymphaea francae

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Species of water lily

Nymphaea francae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis
Species: N. francae
Binomial name
Nymphaea francae
C.T.Lima & Giul.
Nymphaea francae is endemic to Brazil

Nymphaea francae is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Nymphaea francae is an aquatic herb. It has ovoid tubers, which are not stoloniferous. The floating leaves have 5–7.2 mm wide, greenish-brown, pubescent to glabrescent petioles with four primary central, and four secondary peripheral air canals. The leaf blade is ovate and has an entire, flat margin. It has actinodromous leaf venation.

Generative characteristics

The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface. They have a pubescent to glabrescent, non-brittle, greenish-brown peduncle with six central primary and twelve secondary peripheral air canals. The petals are white.

Reproduction

Vegetative reproduction

Both stolons and proliferating pseudanthia are absent.

Generative reproduction

Neither fruits nor seeds have been observed.

Taxonomy

It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima and L. Lima in a lagoon on Bananal Island in the Tocantins, Brazil at a depth of 1−3 m. It is only known from the type material.

Placement within Nymphaea

It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.

Etymology

The specific epithet francae honours Prof. Dr. Flávio França of the State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil.

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in aquatic habitats of the central Brazilian Savanna.

References

  1. ^ "Nymphaea francae C.T.Lima & Giul". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. (n.d.-b). Nymphaea francae C.T.Lima & Giul. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB623382
  3. ^ de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
Taxon identifiers
Nymphaea francae
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