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

Etymology

The name of the subgenus Confluentes refers to the gradual transition of the petals into stamens.