Nymphaea glandulifera
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| Nymphaea glandulifera | |
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| Floating leaf of Nymphaea glandulifera with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background with adaxial leaf surface (left) and abaxial leaf surface (right) | |
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| Nymphaea glandulifera flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis |
| Species: | N. glandulifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied[1] | |
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Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.[1]
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea glandulifera produces ovoid tubers, which do not produce stolons.[2][3] The petiole has two sets of air channels: Four central channels and four peripheral smaller channels.[2]
Generative characteristics
The flowers have a green peduncle, which has six bigger air channels and twelve smaller peripheral air channels.[2] The flowers open at dusk and close by midnight.[2][3] This species does not have proliferating pseudanthia.[2]
Reproduction
Only sexual reproduction is known to occur in this species. No stolons or proliferate pseudanthia are known to occur in Nymphaea glandulifera.[2][3] Autogamy is thought to occur in this species. Additionally, there have been reports of Cyclocephala castanea beetles visiting Nymphaea glandulifera flowers in Surinam.[3]
Habitat
In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water.[4]
Taxonomy
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by Rodschied in Guyana.[5]
Placement within Nymphaea
It is placed within Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.[3][6]