Nymphaea alexii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Nymphaea |
Species: | N. alexii
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Binomial name | |
Nymphaea alexii S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
[2]
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Nymphaea alexii is endemic to Queensland, Australia [2] |
Nymphaea alexii is a species of waterlily endemic to Queensland, Australia. [2]
Nymphaea alexii is an annual or perennial plant with 2 cm wide, globose rhizomes. The elliptic, 15 cm long, and 10 cm wide leaf blades have a slightly sinuate margin. [3]
The fragrant flowers extend up to 30 cm above the water surface. The androecium consists of 150 stamens with 17 mm long membranous filaments. The gynoecium consists of 8-16 carpels. The apex of the ovary often displays red colouration. The 4.5 cm wide, globose fruit bears elongate, glabrous, longitudinally ridged, 1-2 mm long seeds. [3]
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in 2006. [2] [4]
The type specimen was collected by Jacobs and Hellquist in Queensland, Australia on the 17th of April 2005. [3]
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Confluentes. [3] [5]
Nymphaea alexii is named after Alex James Fussell, the grandson of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs. [3]
The NCA status of Nymphaea alexii is Special Least Concern. [1]
It occurs in shallow margins of lagoons, and in ephemeral billabongs. [3]
Nymphaea alexii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Nymphaea |
Species: | N. alexii
|
Binomial name | |
Nymphaea alexii S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
[2]
| |
Nymphaea alexii is endemic to Queensland, Australia [2] |
Nymphaea alexii is a species of waterlily endemic to Queensland, Australia. [2]
Nymphaea alexii is an annual or perennial plant with 2 cm wide, globose rhizomes. The elliptic, 15 cm long, and 10 cm wide leaf blades have a slightly sinuate margin. [3]
The fragrant flowers extend up to 30 cm above the water surface. The androecium consists of 150 stamens with 17 mm long membranous filaments. The gynoecium consists of 8-16 carpels. The apex of the ovary often displays red colouration. The 4.5 cm wide, globose fruit bears elongate, glabrous, longitudinally ridged, 1-2 mm long seeds. [3]
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in 2006. [2] [4]
The type specimen was collected by Jacobs and Hellquist in Queensland, Australia on the 17th of April 2005. [3]
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Confluentes. [3] [5]
Nymphaea alexii is named after Alex James Fussell, the grandson of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs. [3]
The NCA status of Nymphaea alexii is Special Least Concern. [1]
It occurs in shallow margins of lagoons, and in ephemeral billabongs. [3]