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Nymphaea dimorpha

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Nymphaea dimorpha
Nymphaea dimorpha I.M.Turner with scale bar (10 cm) against a white background
Nymphaea dimorpha cultivated in the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Species:
N. dimorpha
Binomial name
Nymphaea dimorpha
I.M.Turner[1]
Nymphaea dimorpha is endemic to Madagascar[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Nymphaea minuta K.C.Landon, R.A.Edwards & Nozaic

Nymphaea dimorpha is a species of waterlily endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Description

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Detail of cleistogamous flower with scale bar (3 cm)
Surface leaf with scale bar (10 cm). The abaxial leaf surface (a) is depicted on the left side of the image. The adaxial leaf surface (b) is depicted on the right side.
Submerged leaf with scale bar (5 cm). The abaxial leaf surface (a) is depicted on the left side of the image. The adaxial leaf surface (b) is depicted on the right side.
Chasmogamous flower

This species exhibits two distinctive growth forms. The submerged growth form has very thin foliage with short petioles. The emergent form has floating leaves with longer petioles.[2]

Cytology

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The chromosome count is n = 14. The genome size is 449.88 Mb.[3]

Reproduction

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Generative reproduction

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Cleistogamy occurs in this species. It can produce flowers, which never open, but self-fertilise and never reach the water surface.[2][4]

Habitat

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It grows in pools of water among slowly flowing streams.[2] The pools, which are darkened with organic material, are shaded by the canopy of tropical forest.[5]

Taxonomy

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Taxonomic history

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This species was first described as Nymphaea minuta K.C.Landon, R.A.Edwards & Nozaic in 2006. Later, it was discovered that this was a Nomen illegitimum, as the name was preoccupied by the French fossil waterlily Nymphaea minuta Saporta described in 1890. Therefore, the new name Nymphaea dimorpha I.M.Turner was chosen in 2014.[6]

Type specimen

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The type specimen was collected in shaded rain pools beneath coastal forest near Tampolo, Madagascar in 1999.[7]

Placement within Nymphaea

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It is a member of Nymphaea subgen. Brachyceras.[2]

Etymology

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The specific epithet dimorpha references the two distinctive growth forms of this species.[6] The prefix di- means "two",[8] and -morph means shape.[9]

Cultivation

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It is easily cultivated and suitable for low-light conditions.[2] In cultivation it may grow four times larger than plants observed in their natural habitat. This is due to better fertilisation.[5] It is very sensitive to cold temperatures.[10]

It is used in hybridisation to create new smaller waterlily cultivars.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nymphaea dimorpha I.M.Turner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Landon, Kenneth; Edwards, Richard A.; Nozaic, P. Ivan (2006). "A New Species of Waterlily (Nymphaea minuta: Nymphaeaceae) from Madagascar". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22 (2): 887–893. ISSN 0036-1488. JSTOR 41969055.
  3. ^ Chen, F., Liu, X., Yu, C., Chen, Y., Tang, H., & Zhang, L. (2017). "Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery." Horticulture research, 4.
  4. ^ a b Sacher, R. (2008, February). This tiny waterlily brings new potential for small hybrids - Lusty Li’l Nymphaea minuta. Water Gardeners International. Retrieved July 12, 2023
  5. ^ a b Landon, K. C., Edwards, R. A., & Nozaic, I. P. (2005). A New Species of Waterlily, Nymphaea sp., from Madagascar. Water Garden Journal, 20(4).
  6. ^ a b Turner, I. M. (2014, October). "Names of extant angiosperm species that are illegitimate homonyms of fossils." In Annales Botanici Fennici (Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 305–317). Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board.
  7. ^ Nymphaea minuta | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved July 12, 2023, from https://www.ipni.org/n/60445240-2
  8. ^ Di definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. (2023). Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/di
  9. ^ Morph definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. (2023). Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/morph
  10. ^ Yang, K. (2022). "Leaf Anatomic Structure and Cold Tolerance Evaluation of 6 Nymphaea Species." Plant Gene and Trait, 13.