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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Nymphaea L.

NYMPHAEA L.

Rhizomatous. Lvs floating or emergent, entire, deeply cordate, stipulate, reddish beneath, with anastomosing lateral veins. Sepals 4-(5), green beneath. Petals white or yellow, rarely red, pink or blue; outer petals > sepals. Ovary semi-inferior. Seeds arillate.

Key

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Fls white or pink; rhizomes creeping; brood-bodies 0
1. *alba
Fls yellow; rhizomes erect; brood-bodies present
2. *mexicana

50 spp., tropical and temperate. Naturalised spp. 2.

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