Nymphaea × sundvikii

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Nymphaea × sundvikii is a species of waterlily endemic to Central and East European Russia. It is a natural hybrid of Nymphaea candida and Nymphaea tetragona.[1][2]

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Nymphaea × sundvikii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea
Species:
N. × sundvikii
Binomial name
Nymphaea × sundvikii
Hiitonen[1]
Nymphaea × sundvikii is endemic to central and East European Russia[1]
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Description

Parent species of the natural hybrid
Nymphaea × sundvikii Hiitonen
Nymphaea candida C.Presl
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

Vegetative characteristics

The leaves are larger than the leaves of Nymphaea tetragona.[3]

Generative characteristics

The flowers show intermediate morphological characteristics, and they are larger than the flowers of Nymphaea tetragona.[3]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Hiitonen in 1933.[1][4]

Ecology

Habitat

It is known from aquatic habitats in the region of Tver, Kostroma, and Nizhny Novgorod.[5] It has been observed in a Sphagnum bog in a small lake.[6] It has also been reported to occur in the Kazhim reservoir.[7] The hybrid is usually found in habitats of sympatric occurrence of the two parent species.[3]

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