Nymphaea subg. Confluentes

Nymphaea subg. Confluentes is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.^[1][2][3]

Nymphaea subg. Confluentes
Flowering Nymphaea lukei cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea
Subgenus:	Nymphaea subg. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs[1]
Type species
Nymphaea violacea Lehm.[1][2][3]
Species
See here

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Nymphaea subg. Confluentes has tuberous rhizomes. The leaves have an entire to sinuate margin.^[4]

Generative characteristics

The diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The petals do not have a conspicuous gap between petals and stamens.^[4] The seeds are smaller than those of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya.^[5]

Taxonomy

It was described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 2007^[1][6] with Nymphaea violacea Lehm. as the type species.^[1][2][3]

Species

• Nymphaea elleniae S.W.L.Jacobs
• Nymphaea hastifolia Domin
• Nymphaea lukei S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
• Nymphaea noelae S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
• Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch
• Nymphaea vaporalis S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.
• Nymphaea violacea Lehm.

Etymology

The name of the subgenus Confluentes refers to the gradual transition of the petals into stamens.^[2]