Nymphaea glandulifera

Nymphaea glandulifera
Floating leaf of Nymphaea glandulifera with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background with adaxial leaf surface (left) and abaxial leaf surface (right)
Nymphaea glandulifera flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis
Species:
N. glandulifera
Binomial name
Nymphaea glandulifera
Rodschied[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Castalia blanda G.Lawson
  • Leuconymphaea blanda Kuntze
  • Nymphaea blanda G.Mey.
  • Nymphaea blanda f. genuina Planch.
  • Nymphaea blanda var. fenzliana (Lehm.) Casp.
  • Nymphaea fenzliana Lehm.

Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.[1]

Description

Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied flower
Cross section of Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied petiole with numerous air canals on a grey background

Vegetative characteristics

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

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

Cyclocephala castanea beetles have reportedly visited flowers of Nymphaea glandulifera[3]

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

In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water.[4]

Taxonomy

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by Rodschied in Guyana.[5]

Placement within Nymphaea

It is placed within Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.[3][6]

Etymology

The specific epithet glandulifera means "gland bearing".[7]

Cultivation

It is suitable for small aquariums.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Nymphaea glandulifera | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved July 13, 2023, from https://www.ipni.org/n/281434-2
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ 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/