Nymphaea glandulifera
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| Floating leaf of Nymphaea glandulifera with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background with adaxial leaf surface (left) and abaxial leaf surface (right) | |
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| Nymphaea glandulifera flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis |
| Species: | N. glandulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied[1]
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Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.[1]
Description
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Vegetative characteristics
[edit]Nymphaea glandulifera produces ovoid tubers, which do not produce stolons.[2][3] The petiole has two sets of air channels: Four central channels and four peripheral smaller channels.[2]
Generative characteristics
[edit]The flowers have a green peduncle, which has six bigger air channels and twelve smaller peripheral air channels.[2] The flowers open at dusk and close by midnight.[2][3] This species does not have proliferating pseudanthia.[2]
Reproduction
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Only sexual reproduction is known to occur in this species. No stolons or proliferate pseudanthia are known to occur in Nymphaea glandulifera.[2][3] Autogamy is thought to occur in this species. Additionally, there have been reports of Cyclocephala castanea beetles visiting Nymphaea glandulifera flowers in Surinam.[3]
Habitat
[edit]In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Type specimen
[edit]The type specimen was collected by Rodschied in Guyana.[5]
Placement within Nymphaea
[edit]It is placed within Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.[3][6]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet glandulifera means "gland bearing".[7]
Cultivation
[edit]It is suitable for small aquariums.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
- ^ a b c d e f Wiersema, J. H. (1987). A Monograph of Nymphaea Subgenus Hydrocallis (Nymphaeaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 16, 1–112. https://doi.org/10.2307/25027681
- ^ Ritter, N. P., Crow, G. E., & Wiersema, J. H. (2001). "Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) in Bolivia: notes on several species, three new country records, and a key to species." Rhodora, 103(915), 326-331.
- ^ Nymphaea glandulifera | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.ipni.org/n/281434-2
- ^ 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. https://doi.org/10.1086/513476
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from http://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=glandulifer
- ^ Die Grüne Zwergseerose - Nymphea glandulifera. (2020, November 16). Aquarium Ratgeber. Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.aquarium-ratgeber.com/aquarienpflanzen/pflanzen-vz/tigerlotus/zwergseerose/