''Nymphaea loriana'' is a species of waterlily endemic to Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

''Nymphaea loriana'' has branching, 2 cm wide rhizomes. The membranous submerged leaves are 8-10 cm long, and 8-12 cm wide. The suborbicular to ovate-elliptic, 10–21 cm long, and 8-18 cm wide floating leaves have a papery texture. The adaxial leaf surface is green, and the abaxial leaf surface is bright green with occasional purple colouration.Borsch, T., Wiersema, J. H., Hellquist, C. B., Löhne, C., & Govers, K. (2014)
"Speciation in North American water lilies: evidence for the hybrid origin of the newly discovered Canadian endemic ''Nymphaea loriana'' sp. nov.(Nymphaeaceae) in a past contact zone."
Botany, 92(12), 867-882.

Generative characteristics

The 7.5–10 cm wide flowers have four sepals, and 12–21 petals. The androecium consists of 33–48 yellow stamens. The gynoecium consists of 8–11 carpels. The 2-2.5 cm wide fruits with coiled peduncles bear 3.5-4 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, arillate, greenish-brown, ovoid, smooth seeds.

Reproduction

Generative reproduction

Despite being of hybrid origin, ''Nymphaea loriana'' is fertile.

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first described by

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, Carl Barre Hellquist, and Thomas Borsch in 2014.

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by John Harry Wiersema, Carl Barre Hellquist, and Thomas Borsch in Egg Lake, south of Cumberland House, Saskatchewa, Canada on the 18th of August 2000.

Placement within ''Nymphaea''

It is placed in ''Nymphaea'' subgenus ''Nymphaea''.

Natural hybridisation

''Nymphaea loriana'' is of hybrid origin.60 Jahre später: Neue Seerosenart in Kanada entdeckt. (2023, May 22). Botanischer Garten Berlin. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://www.bgbm.org/de/pr/60-jahre-spaeter-neue-seerosenart-kanada-entdeckt

Etymology

The specific epithet ''loriana'' refers to Lori Wittlake Wiersema (1958–2013), the wife of John Harry Wiersema.

Conservation

The

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conservation status is endangered (EN). The

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is Critically Imperiled (G1).''Nymphaea loriana'' Lori’s Water-lily. (n.d.). NatureServe. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.941954/Nymphaea_loriana

Ecology

Habitat

''Nymphaea loriana'' is found in lakes, ponds, marshes, or streams with clear, stagnant, or gently flowing water at depths of 1.5–2 meters. It requires clear water.Robson, D. B., Wiersema, J. H., Hellquist, C. B., & Borsch, T. (2016)
"Distribution and ecology of a New Species of Water-lily, ''Nymphaea loriana'' (Nymphaeaceae), in Western Canada."
The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 130(1), 25-31.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q22103681 loriana Flora of Canada Endemic flora of Canada Flora of Manitoba Flora of Saskatchewan Flora of Northern America Plants described in 2014