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Species of Nymphaea subgenus Lotos
(species as recognized by GRIN)
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 Nymphaea lotus  More Images
Barre Hellquist Photo

 Nymphaea pubescens More Images
Surrey Jacobs Photo

Based on:

Int. J. Plant Sci. 168(5):639–671. 2007.
© 2007 by The University of Chicago

PHYLOGENY OF NYMPHAEA (NYMPHAEACEAE): EVIDENCE FROM SUBSTITUTIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE CHLOROPLAST trnT-trnF REGION

Thomas Borsch, 1,* Khidir W. Hilu, 2, John H. Wiersema, 3, Cornelia Löhne,* Wilhelm Barthlott,* and Volker Wilde§
*Nees-Institut für Biodiversita¨t der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany; 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, U.S.A.; 3 USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Building 011A, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, U.S.A.; and §Sektion Paläobotanik, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Nymphaea lotus and N. pubescens are "well separated genetically" (confirming that they are indeed separate species).

Formerly included in N. subgenus Brachyceras,
N. petersiana is now grouped with Nymphaea subgenus Lotos.

 Nymphaea petersiana More images
Courtesy of RBG Kew 


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