Nymphaea subg. Confluentes
Nymphaea subg. Confluentes is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Nymphaea subg. Confluentes has tuberous rhizomes. The leaves have an entire to sinuate margin.Generative characteristics
The diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The petals do not have a conspicuous gap between petals and stamens. The seeds are smaller than those of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya.Taxonomy
It was described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 2007 with Nymphaea violacea as the type species.Species
- Nymphaea elleniae
- Nymphaea hastifolia
- Nymphaea lukei
- Nymphaea noelae
- Nymphaea ondinea
- Nymphaea vaporalis
- ''Nymphaea violacea''