Nymphaea harleyi

Species of water lily

Nymphaea harleyi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Order:  | Nymphaeales
Family:  | Nymphaeaceae
Genus:  | Nymphaea
Species:  |

N. harleyi

Binomial name
Nymphaea harleyi

C.T.Lima & Giul.[1]

Nymphaea harleyi is endemic to Brazil[1]

Nymphaea harleyi is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.[1]

## Description[edit]

### Vegetative characteristics[edit]

Nymphaea harleyi is an aquatic herb[2] with cylindrical tubers, which are not stoloniferous.[3] The leaf blades float on the water surface. It is ovate and has an entire and flat margin. It has actinodromous leaf venation.[2] The 9.3−15.2 cm long and 6.5−10 cm wide leaf blades are attached to 2−4 mm wide petioles with four major, two medium, and 8 minor peripheral air canals.[3]

### Generative characteristics[edit]

The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface.[2] The flowers have peduncles with five primary central and ten secondary peripheral air canals.[3] The gynoecium is syncarpous and consists of 27−35 carpels.[3] The clavate appendix of the carpels have an obtuse to rounded apex.[2]

## Reproduction[edit]

### Vegetative reproduction[edit]

Both stolons and proliferating pseudanthia are absent.[2][3]

### Generative reproduction[edit]

Neither fruits nor seeds have been observed.[3]

## Taxonomy[edit]

It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.[1]

### Type specimen[edit]

The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima, R. Machado, A.M. Giulietti and R.M. Harley on 3 February 2012 in Tocantins, Brazil.[3]

### Placement within Nymphaea[edit]

It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis.[3]

## Etymology[edit]

The specific epithet harleyi honours Prof. Dr. Raymond M. Harley of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
2. ^ a b c d e Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. (n.d.-b).  Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB623383
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.

Taxon identifiers

Nymphaea harleyi|

* Wikidata: Q123901321
* Wikispecies: Nymphaea harleyi
* GBIF: 11695804
* IPNI: 77295792-1