Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Description
Vegetative characteristics The rhizome is ovate to oblong.Caspary, J. X. R. (1866). Nymphaeaceae. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi, 241–256. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft.date=1866&rft.spage=243&rft.volume=2&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/113&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004 The rhizome is not stoloniferous.null. Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Nymphaea%20subg.%20Brachyceras [Date Accessed: 24 January 2024] Generative characteristics The white, pink, purple, or cyan, diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The stamens have an apical, conspicuous, sterile appendage.Wood, Carroll E. (1959). The Genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the Southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 40, 94–112. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/324659 The styles are thick and fleshy. Sepals are persistent on the fruit. The small seeds are ellipsoid to subglobose.
Taxonomy It was published as Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras Casp. by Robert Caspary in 1866. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras (Casp.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905.Nymphaea subgen. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303968-1Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77303549-1Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 131. USA: FB&C Limited. The type species is Nymphaea stellata Willd. Etymology The subgeneric name Brachyceras from the Greek brachys meaning 'short', and keras meaning 'horn',Porter, M. (2025, March 5). Brachycera. Bugs With Mike. Retrieved March 5, 2025, from https://bugswithmike.com/glossary/brachycera means short-horned.National Ecological Observatory Network. (n.d.). Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. NEON Biorepository Data Portal. Retrieved March 5, 2025, from https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=11459&taxauthid=1&clid=35 Species
Nymphaea abhayana Nymphaea ampla Löhne, C., Yoo, M. J., Borsch, T., Wiersema, J., Wilde, V., Bell, C. D., ... & Soltis, P. S. (2008). Biogeography of Nymphaeales: extant patterns and historical events. Taxon, 57(4), 1123-19E. Nymphaea × daubenyana Nymphaea dimorpha Nymphaea divaricata Nymphaea elegans Nymphaea gracilis Nymphaea guineensis Nymphaea heudelotii Nymphaea maculata Nymphaea manipurensis Nymphaea manipurensis var. versicolor Nymphaea micrantha Nymphaea nouchali Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis Verdc. Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali (Autonym) Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia (Conard) Verdc. Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) Guruge & Yakand. Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. Nymphaea pulchella Nymphaea siamensis Nymphaea stuhlmannii Nymphaea sulphurea Nymphaea thermarum
Distribution Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras has a pantropical distribution.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/10.1086/513476de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.
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