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Nymphaea macrosperma water lily , is an emergent water plant native to northern Australia .
The water lily occurs in freshwater lagoons, and has large round leaves that float on the water surface.
Description [ edit ]
Vegetative characteristics [ edit ]
The leaves have a dentate margin.[3]
Generative characteristics [ edit ]
The diurnal flowers extend above the water surface.[3]
Taxonomy [ edit ]
Publication [ edit ]
It was published by Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry in 1942.[2] Nymphaea dictyophlebia Merr. & L.M.Perry , which is a synonym of Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M.Perry .[4] [2]
Type specimen [ edit ]
The type specimen was collected by LJ Brass in Lake Daviumbu, New Guinea (British New Guinea) in August 1936.[5]
Position within Nymphaea [ edit ]
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya [6]
Etymology [ edit ]
The specific epithet macrosperma means large-seeded.[7] [8]
Conservation [ edit ]
The NCA status of Nymphaea macrosperma is Special Least Concern (SL ).[1]
The plant is a traditional Aboriginal bushfood .[9] [10]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Breukel, H. (n.d.). Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M. Perry. Seerosenforum.de Das Portal Der Seerose. Retrieved February 1, 2024, from https://www.seerosenforum.de/gattung/Anecphya/Macrosperma/Macrosperma.aspx
^ Jacobs, S. W. L. (1992). "New species, lectotypes and synonyms of Australasian Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae)." Telopea, 4(4 ), 635-641.
^ Type of Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M.Perry [family NYMPHAEACEAE]. (n.d.). JSTOR. Retrieved February 1, 2024, from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.l0038664
^ 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.
^ Crataegus macrosperma (large-seeded hawthorn): Go Botany. (n.d.). Native Plant Trust. Retrieved February 1, 2024, from https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/crataegus/macrosperma/
^ Bayton, R. (2020). Practical Uses of Botanical Latin. In The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names - with More than 5,000 Entries (pp. 22-318). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209135-007
^ Australian Food Standards, Water lily seed pod analysis
^ "Part 1". In the Bush with Malcolm Douglas . Season 1. 7 February 2009.
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