Nymphaea subg. Anecphya is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Description
Vegetative characteristics The rhizomes are erect and tuberous. The rhizomes do not produce stolons. The leaves have dentate margins.null. Nymphaea subg. Anecphya, 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.%20Anecphya [Date Accessed: 02 February 2024] Generative characteristics The diurnal flowers are large and emergent. In Nymphaea subg. Anecphya s.str. there is a conspicuous gap separating petals from stamens. The flowers have up to 600 stamens. The carpels do not have carpellary appendages.
Taxonomy Publication It was published by Robert Caspary as Nymphaea subsect. Anecphya Casp. in 1888. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subgen. Anecphya (Casp.) Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905.Nymphaea subsect. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/134009-3Nymphaea subgen. Anecphya | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/133996-3 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.Nymphaea subgen. Confluentes | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77081992-1 Type species The type species is Nymphaea gigantea Hook.Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). p. 127. USA: FB&C Limited. Species
Nymphaea alexii Nymphaea atrans 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 carpentariae Nymphaea elleniae Nymphaea georginae Nymphaea gigantea Nymphaea hastifolia Nymphaea immutabilis Nymphaea jacobsii Nymphaea jacobsii subsp. toomba Hellq. Nymphaea kakaduensis Nymphaea kimberleyensis Nymphaea lukei Nymphaea macrosperma Nymphaea noelae Nymphaea ondinea Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea Nymphaea vaporalis Nymphaea violacea
Distribution Nymphaea subg. Anecphya has an Australasian distribution.Löhne, C., Borsch, T., Jacobs, S. W., Hellquist, C. B., & Wiersema, J. H. (2008). "Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences reveal complex reticulate patterns in Australian water-lilies (Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya, Nymphaeaceae)." Australian Systematic Botany, 21(4), 229-250.
Ecology Habitat Species of this subgenus occur in lagoons, lakes, ponds, creeks, artificial dams, and billabongs.
Horticulture Species of this subgenus are uncommon in cultivation, as they are more difficult to grow compared to the Nymphaea species of other subgenera.Pagels, W. (n.d.). Introduction to Anecphya, the Australian Subgenus of Waterlilies. Victoria Adventure. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.victoria-adventure.com/waterlilies/intro_to_anecphya.html It has been used in intersubgeneric hybridisation with Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras.Les, D. H., Moody, M. L., Doran, A. S., & Phillips, W. E. (2004). A genetically confirmed intersubgeneric hybrid in Nymphaea L.(Nymphaeaceae Salisb.). HortScience, 39(2), 219-222.
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