''Nymphaea'' sect. ''Nymphaea'' is a section within the subgenus ''Nymphaea'' subg. ''Nymphaea'' of the genus ''Nymphaea''
[USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?type=section&id=18693. Accessed 4 December 2024.][Naito, H., Kato, S., Shutoh, K., & Shiga, T. (2024)]
Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal the taxonomic distinctiveness between ''Nymphaea pygmaea'' and ''N. tetragona'' (Nymphaeaceae).
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
The rhizomes are branching.
Generative characteristics
The widest point of the filaments is below the middle.[Wiersema, J. H. (1996). ''Nymphaea tetragona'' and ''Nymphaea leibergii'' (Nymphaeaceae): two species of diminutive water-lilies in North America. Brittonia, 48, 520-531.]
Taxonomy
It may be paraphyletic to ''Nymphaea'' sect. ''Chamaenymphaea''.
Species
*''Nymphaea alba
''Nymphaea alba'', the white waterlily, European white water lily or white nenuphar , is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir).
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'' [Borsch, T., Hilu, K. W., Wiersema, J. H., Löhne, C., Barthlott, W., & Wilde, V. (2007)]
Phylogeny of ''Nymphaea'' (Nymphaeaceae): evidence from substitutions and microstructural changes in the chloroplast trnT-trnF region.
International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168(5), 639-671.
* ''Nymphaea alba'' subsp. ''occidentalis'' (Ostenf.) Hyl.
* ''Nymphaea'' × ''borealis''
*''Nymphaea candida
''Nymphaea candida'' is a species of perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to the region spanning from Europe to Siberia and Western Himalaya.''Nymphaea candida'' C.Presl. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retri ...
'' Nymphaea odorata
''Nymphaea odorata'', also known as the American white waterlily, fragrant water-lily, beaver root, fragrant white water lily, white water lily, sweet-scented white water lily, and sweet-scented water lily, is an aquatic plant belonging to the ge ...
'' [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.
* ''Nymphaea odorata'' subsp. ''tuberosa''
Distribution
Its species occur in North America and Europe.
References
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