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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]
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 ]
The four purplish-red sepals are oblong to lanceolate. [6] The 12-20 narrowly oval petals have a rounded apex. The androecium consists of 55 red stamens. [5] The gynoecium consists of 16-21 carpels. [6] The fruit bears 1.85 mm long, and 1.6 mm wide seeds. [5] The peduncle is 116 cm long. [3] The flowers are pleasantly fragrant. [7]
[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
Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia is an annual or perennial, aquatic herb [2] with narrowly elliptic, 25 cm long, and 14.7 cm wide leaves. The adaxial leaf surface displays irregular brown patterns, and the abaxial leaf surface is plain green.
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The elongate rhizome is 1-2 cm wide. [3] The leaves are 8-24 cm long. [4] The foliage of Nymphaea divaricata is distinctive in that it predominantly consists of submerged leaves, with floating leaves being a rare occurrence. [5] [6] [3] [7] [4] The leaves are divaricately lobed. [8]
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