Nymphaea sulphurea
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| Nymphaea sulphurea | |
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| Botanical illustration of Nymphaea sulphurea in the publication "The waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea" by Henry Shoemaker Conard | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras |
| Species: | N. sulphurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea sulphurea | |
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It is native to Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia[2] | |
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Nymphaea sulphurea is a species of waterlily native to Angola, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea sulphurea has stout, cone-shaped rhizomes. The suborbicular to broadly ovate, petiolate,[3] 4.5-5.5 cm long leaves[4] have an entire margin. The petioles are 38–46 cm long.[3]
Generative characteristics
The flowers are 4.5–7 cm wide. The lanceolate sepals with acute apex[3] are 2–3 cm long, and 1.5–1 cm wide. The dark sulphur yellow petals are 2.8–2 cm long, and 1.2-0.7 cm wide.[4] The androecium consists of 40-50 stamens with bright yellow anthers. The gynoecium consists of 12-14 carpels.[3]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Ernest Friedrich Gilg in 1903.[2] The type specimen was collected by Hugo Baum in Minnesera on 17 January 1900.[3] It is placed in the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras.[5]
Etymology
The specific epithet sulphurea, from the Latin sulphureus, means yellow,[6][7] and refers to the floral colouration.