Nymphoides Seg.
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Seg.
Seg.
1754
121
ICN
Nymphoides Seg.
genus
Nymphoides
Classification
Descriptions
Nymphoides Seg.
Bottom-rooting aquatic, annual or perennial herbs with long ± floating stolons. Lvs ± rosulate, sometimes remaining submerged and without an expanded lamina. Lvs generally alternate, sometimes subopposite below fls; petioles either long and easily distinguishable from the stems, or short and terminal and similar to stem; lamina usually floating, usually broadly ovate to orbicular and deeply cordate. Fls either 2-many in fascicles at the stolon nodes, or solitary, ephemeral, emergent; pedicels long and slender. Corolla yellow, sometimes white; lobes winged; margins prominently fimbriate. Stamens short, inserted on corolla tube. Ovary semi-inferior; style exserted or included. Capsule opening irregularly or indehiscent.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 September 2008