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Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in Temperate climate, temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or emergent from the surface. Leaves are round, with a radial notch in ''Nymphaea'' and ''Nuphar'', but fully circular in ''Victoria (plant), Victoria'' and ''Euryale ferox, Euryale''. Water lilies are a well-studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms. Analyses of floral morphology and molecular characteristics and comparisons with a sister taxon, the family Cabombaceae, indicate, however, that the flowers of extant water li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euryale (plant)
''Euryale'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Nymphaeaceae. Description Vegetative characteristics ''Euryale'' is an annual or perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herb with erect, unbranched rhizomes.''Euryale'' in Flora of China @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved January 27, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112398 The adaxial leaf surface is green, and features prickles at the veins. The abaxial leaf surface is violet and displays prominent, prickly venation.Henkel, F., Rehnelt, F., Dittmann, L. (1907)."Das Buch der Nymphaeaceen oder Seerosengewächse."pp.45-46. Deutschland: Henkel. Generative characteristics The pedunculate, 5 cm wide flowers have prickly peduncles and sepals.''Euryale ferox'' in Flora of China @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved January 27, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007078 The stigma has 8-9 stigmatic rays. The prickly fruit bears black, smooth, arillate, globose, 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
