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Within Vinony's link graph, Nymphaea capensis connects to Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.
It is catalogued under the topic Printworthy redirects.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderNymphaeales
- FamilyNymphaeaceae
Rhizomes unbranched, erect, ovoid; stolons absent. Leaves: petiole glabrous. Leaf blade abaxially suffused with maroon, adaxially green, ovate to orbiculate, to 35(-40) × 30 cm, margins sinuate to almost dentate; venation radiate and somewhat impressed centrally, without weblike pattern, principal veins mostly 20-25; surfaces glabrous. Flowers emersed, ca. 7-8 cm diam., opening and closing diurnally, only sepals and outermost petals in distinct whorls of 4; sepals green, shaded abaxially with reddish brown, margins purplish, evidently veined, lines of insertion on receptacle not prominent; petals 12-24, blue, lavender, or purple; stamens 100-200, colored as petals toward apex, outer with connective appendage projecting to 4-5 mm or more beyond anther; filaments widest above middle, shorter than anthers; pistil 15-31-locular, appendages at margin of stigmatic disk tapered, to 3 mm. Seeds ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, ca. 1.4-1.8 times as long as broad, with longitudinal rows of hairlike papillae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 156
- With media
- 127
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Collections
- CICY, CIBYC-UAEM, IBUNAM, SD, US, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, Fiji, Mozambique, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Nymphaea capensis
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- 非洲睡蓮
- Commons category
- Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
- short name
- N. capensis
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