Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Nymphaeaceae Salisb.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has descriptions
This is foreign

Click to collapse Details Info

Nymphaeaceae Salisb., Ann. Bot. [König & Sims] 2: 70 (1805)
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

Salisb.
Salisb.
1805
70
conserved
ICN
family
Nymphaeaceae

Click to collapse Classification Info

Nymphaeaceae

Click to collapse Subordinates Info

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Nymphaeaceae Salisb.

Aquatic perennial herbs, often rhizomatous. Lvs petiolate, stipulate or exstipulate; lamina entire, peltate or cordate, often floating or emergent, rarely dissected and submerged. Fls solitary, ☿, actinomorphic. Sepals 3-6, green, whitish or coloured. Petals many, spiralled. Stamens many, spiralled, sometimes grading into petals. Carpels few to many, free or united in a superior to inferior ovary; ovules 1-many. Fr. a spongy berry dehiscing by swelling of mucilage. Seeds usually endospermic.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.

Click to collapse Metadata Info

088f5705-811c-4bac-bfd9-c665a7d4e781
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
6 March 2019
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top