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Nymphaea lotus in Southern India Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson floating leaf with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background Complete Nymphaea lotus L. specimen with scale bar (50 cm) on a white background. This species of water lily has lily pads that float on the water and blossoms that rise above the water. [citation needed]
The Plant List, created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden recognizes about 70 species in 11 genera within the order, [5] but a phylogenetic study of the genus Nymphaea implies that the number of species could be more than 90. [6]
Nymphaea sect. Chamaenymphaea is a section within the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea of the genus Nymphaea [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] native to North America, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Asia, [ 5 ] and Europe. [ 3 ]
[4] [6] The carpellary styles are ligulate. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The petals are predominantly white, but pink, red, and yellow colouration occurs as well. [ 6 ] The large seeds have a smooth surface.
The genus Ondinea has recently been shown to be a morphologically aberrant species of Nymphaea, and is now included in this genus. [21] The genera Euryale, of far east Asia, and Victoria, from South America, are closely related despite their geographic distance, but their relationship toward Nymphaea need further studies. [22] [23] [24]
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[6] [1] Part of this subgenus was split off by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 2007 to create the new subgenus Nymphaea subgenus Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs. [ 7 ] [ 4 ] Type species
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