Nymphaea lukei
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| Nymphaea lukei | |
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| Nymphaea lukei in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Anecphya |
| Species: | N. lukei |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea lukei S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.[1] | |
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| Nymphaea lukei is endemic to Western Australia[1] | |
Nymphaea lukei is a species of waterlily endemic to Western Australia.[1]
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea lukei is an annual or perennial aquatic plant with globose, 2-2.5 cm wide rhizomes. The elliptic, petiolate, 9.7–28 long, and 7.2–25 wide leaves have a sinuate margin.[2]
Generative characteristics
The fragrant flowers extend up to 30 cm above the water surface. The green sepals with blue margins towards the acute apex are 3.5–6.5 cm long, and 0.5–2.5 cm wide. The 15-30 white to blue, lanceolate petals are 3–6 cm long, and 1.3–2 cm wide. The androecium consists of 75–250 yellow stamens. The gynoecium consists of 16–30 carpels. The globose, 1.5–3 cm long, and 1.5–2.5 cm wide fruit bears elongated, 2.1–2.5 mm long, and 1.8–1.9 mm wide seeds with 0.03–0.06 mm long trichomes, and verrucose projections.[2]
Reproduction
Generative reproduction
Flowering occurs towards the end of the wet season, and continues within the dry season.[2]
Taxonomy
Publication
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in 2011.[1]
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by S. Jacobs in Dampier, Western Australia on the 2nd of May 2008.[2]