Nymphaea

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Nymphaea (rights holder: 2010 Moorea Biocode)© 2010 Moorea Biocode (licence)

Water-lily

Aquatic herbs. Leaf lamina elliptic to subcircular, deeply cordate, peltate. Sepals 4, green. Petals 5-many, inner ones shorter and narrower, grading into the stamens. Stamens with petaloid filaments. Carpels numerous, many-ovulate. Fruit a large fleshy berry, ripening under water. Seeds floating owing to a pulpy sack-like aril. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Nymphaeaceae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
4.55%
2 of 44 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
208221d8-0b7f-498b-b3fb-ced8c83a98fd
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility