Barclaya
Sign in to saveBarclaya is a genus of eight species of flowering plants of the family Nymphaeaceae. Barclaya are aquatic plants native to tropical Asia. The genus was named in honour of the American-born English brewer and patron of science Robert Barclay.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderNymphaeales
- FamilyNymphaeaceae
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- Nymphaeaceae
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13 sectionsContents
- Description
- Vegetative characteristics
- Generative characteristics
- Cytology
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Rejected classification
- Habitat
- Conservation
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- Cultivation
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Barclaya is a genus of eight species of flowering plants of the family Nymphaeaceae. Barclaya are aquatic plants native to tropical Asia. The genus was named in honour of the American-born English brewer and patron of science Robert Barclay.
==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== Its species are perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous herbs with slender, horizontal, villous-pubescent, creeping or tuberous, often stoloniferous rhizomes. The petiolate leaves are mostly submerged and do not float on the water surface. The linear, oblong, or suborbicular lamina with a cordate base has an entire margin.