Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
The rhizome is ovate to oblong. The rhizome is not stoloniferous.Generative characteristics
The white, pink, purple, or cyan, diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The stamens have an apical, conspicuous, sterile appendage. The styles are thick and fleshy. Sepals are persistent on the fruit. The small seeds are ellipsoid to subglobose.Taxonomy
It was published as Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras Casp. by Robert Caspary in 1866. Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras Conard published by Henry Shoemaker Conard in 1905. The type species is Nymphaea stellata Willd.Etymology
The subgeneric name Brachyceras from the Greek brachys meaning 'short', and keras meaning 'horn', means short-horned.Species
- Nymphaea abhayana
- Nymphaea ampla
- Nymphaea × daubenyana
- Nymphaea dimorpha
- Nymphaea divaricata
- Nymphaea elegans
- Nymphaea gracilis
- Nymphaea guineensis
- Nymphaea heudelotii
- Nymphaea maculata
- Nymphaea manipurensis
- Nymphaea manipurensis var. versicolor
- Nymphaea micrantha
- Nymphaea nouchali
- Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea Verdc.
- Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis Verdc.
- Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali
- Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia Verdc.
- Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor Guruge & Yakand.
- Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis Verdc.
- Nymphaea pulchella
- Nymphaea siamensis
- Nymphaea stuhlmannii
- Nymphaea sulphurea
- ''Nymphaea thermarum''