Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea
Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea is a subspecies of Nymphaea ondinea native to the Northern Territory, and Western Australia.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
It is a robust, perennial, tuberous herb.
The flowers have 15–33 mm long sepals, and 1–4 petals. The androecium consists of 27–34 stamens, and the gynoecium consists of 5–10 carpels.
Differentiation from ''Nymphaea ondinea'' subsp. ''ondinea''
Unlike the autonymous subspecies, Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea flowers possess petals, in addition to a larger flower, more carpels, and more stamens.
Taxonomy
Publication
It was first published as Ondinea purpurea subsp. petaloidea Kenneally & E.L.Schneid. by Kevin Francis Kenneally and Edward L. Schneider in 1983. It was transferred to the genus Nymphaea L. as Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch by Cornelia Löhne, John Harry Wiersema & Thomas Borsch in 2009. The type specimen was collected by E.L. Schneider in a small, non-perennial tributary to Mitchell River, Mitchell Plateau, North Kimberley, Australia on the 21st of January 1982.
Placement within ''Nymphaea''
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya.
Conservation
Under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, is classified as a Priority 1: Poorly-known species.
Ecology
Habitat
It occurs in non-perennial creeks.