| Nymphaea subg. Confluentes | |
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| Flowering Nymphaea lukei cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs1 |
| Type species | |
| Nymphaea violacea Lehm.123 | |
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Nymphaea subg. Confluentes is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.123
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea subg. Confluentes has tuberous rhizomes. The leaves have an entire to sinuate margin.4
Generative characteristics
The diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The petals do not have a conspicuous gap between petals and stamens.4 The seeds are smaller than those of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya.5
Taxonomy
It was described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 200716 with Nymphaea violacea Lehm. as the type species.123
Species
- Nymphaea elleniae S.W.L.Jacobs
- Nymphaea hastifolia Domin
- Nymphaea lukei S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
- Nymphaea noelae S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
- Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch
- Nymphaea vaporalis S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
- Nymphaea violacea Lehm.
Etymology
The name of the subgenus Confluentes refers to the gradual transition of the petals into stamens.2
References
References
- Nymphaea subgen. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.-b). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77081992-1
- Nymphaea subg. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/212038
- Nymphaea subg. Confluentes. (2020, January 6). Wikispecies. Retrieved 19:06, January 23, 2024 from https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nymphaea_subg._Confluentes&oldid=7207876.
- null. Nymphaea subg. Confluentes, in (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/Nymphaea%20subg.%20Confluentes [Date Accessed: 03 February 2024]
- LÖHNE, C., WIERSEMA, J. H., & BORSCH, T. (2009). The unusual Ondinea, actually just another Australian water-lily of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya (Nymphaeaceae). Willdenowia, 39(1), 55–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20699149
- S.W.L.Jacobs, & C.L.Porter. (2007). Nymphaeaceae. In Flora of Australia Volume 2, Winteraceae to Platanaceae (Vol. 2, pp. 259–275, 458). ABRS, Canberra/CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.