Nymphaea paganuccii
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| Nymphaea paganuccii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis |
| Species: | N. paganuccii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea paganuccii C.T.Lima & Giul.[1] | |
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| Nymphaea paganuccii is endemic to Brazil[1][2] | |
Nymphaea paganuccii is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea paganuccii is an aquatic herb.[2] It has cylindrical tubers, which are not stoloniferous. The glabrous, green, non-brittle petioles have four primary central and four secondary peripheral air canals.[3] The elliptic, suborbicular to orbicular leaf blade has a flat and entire margin.[2] The blade is 15.3–19.8 cm long and 10–17.3 cm wide.[3]
Generative characteristics
The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface.[2] The non-brittle, brownish, glabrous peduncle has six primary central and 12 secondary peripheral air canals.[3] The ovoid, smooth, pilose seeds have trichomes arranged in continuous longitudinal lines.[2] The seeds are 1–1.2 mm long and 0.7–0.8 mm wide.[3]
Reproduction
Taxonomy
It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.[1]
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima and L. Lima at depths of 1-3 m in a lagoon by the Tapajós river of the Santarém municipality in the state Pará, Brazil on the 18th of July 2011.[3]
Placement within Nymphaea
It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.[3]
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