Nymphaea heudelotii
{{Short description|Species of water lily}}
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| image = Nymphaea heudelotii kz02.jpg
| image_caption = Nymphaea heudelotii cultivated in the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin
| genus = Nymphaea
| parent = Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras
| species = heudelotii
| synonyms =
- Nymphaea baumii Rehnelt & F.Henkel
- Nymphaea erici-rosenii R.E.Fr.
- Nymphaea heudelotii var. nana Conard
- Nymphaea pseudopygmaea Lehm.
| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=605577-1 |title=Nymphaea heudelotii Planch. |accessdate=26 December 2023}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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Nymphaea heudelotii is a species of waterlily native to the region spanning from tropical West Africa to Uganda and Botswana.
Description
=Vegetative characteristics=
Nymphaea heudelotii is a relatively small,Rybková, R., & Kunte, L. (2023). [https://books.google.com/books?id=naTjEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nymphaea%20heudelotii%22&pg=PA552 "Encyklopedie rostlin tropů a subtropů."] p. 552. Cpress.Mueller, K. (1857). [https://books.google.com/books?id=arKtgUSEdCkC&dq=%22Nymphaea%20heudelotii%22&pg=PA158 "Annales botanices systematicae: 4: Synopsis plantarum Phanerogamicarum novarum omnium per annos 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855 descriptarum."] p. 158. Deutschland: A. Abel.Wit, H. C. D. d. (1964). [https://books.google.com/books?id=8DY_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Nymphaea%20heudelotii%22 "Aquarium Plants."] p. 171. Vereinigtes Königreich: Blandford Press. delicate herb with 1(–2) cm wide rhizomes.Nymphaea heudelotii Planch. (n.d.). African Plant Database. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/18284/nymphaea-heudelotii-planch The ovoid to round leaves with an entire margin display reddish colouration on the adaxial surface, as well as red colouration with purple spotting on the abaxial surface. The lobes of the leaf have a rounded apex. The petioles is 20 cm long and slim.
=Generative characteristics=
The small blue to white flowers are 3-5 cm wide.Lóczy, L. (1897). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ymvtAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Nymphaea%20heudelotii%22&pg=RA7-PA47 "Resultate der wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees."] p. 47. Österreich: In Kommission von E. Hölzel. The peduncle is 30 cm long and holds the flowers 5 cm above the water surface. The gynoecium consists of 4-10 carpels.Conard, H. S. (2015). The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea (Classic Reprint). pp. 147-149. USA: FB&C Limited. The globose fruit bears elliptic-globose, smooth seeds.Henkel, F., Rehnelt, F., Dittmann, L. (1907). [https://archive.org/details/Henkel_Nymphaeaceen/page/n59/mode/1up "Das Buch der Nymphaeaceen oder Seerosengewächse."] p. 58. Deutschland: Henkel.
Cytology
The chromosome count is n = 14.Chen, F., Liu, X., Yu, C., Chen, Y., Tang, H., & Zhang, L. (2017). [https://academic.oup.com/hr/article/doi/10.1038/hortres.2017.51/6447949 "Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery."] Horticulture research, 4. The chloroplast genomes of Nymphaea thermarum and Nymphaea heudelotii are identical.Roestel, J. A., Wiersema, J. H., Jansen, R. K., Borsch, T., & Gruenstaeudl, M. (2024). [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cla.12584 On the importance of sequence alignment inspections in plastid phylogenomics–an example from revisiting the relationships of the water‐lilies.] Cladistics.
Reproduction
=Vegetative reproduction=
Nymphaea heudelotii has been reported to be viviparous starting from its second year of growth.Nymphaea heudelotii in Global Plants on JSTOR. (n.d.). plants.jstor.org. https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/nymphaea.heudelotii
Taxonomy
=Publication=
It was first described by Jules Émile Planchon in 1853.
=Type specimen=
The type specimen was collected by M. Heudelot in Senegal in 1837. It is part of the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, France.Type of Nymphaea heudelotii Planch. [family NYMPHAEACEAE]. (n.d.). JSTOR. Retrieved December 27, 2023, from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p00442724
Conservation
The IUCN conservation status of Nymphaea heudelotii is Least Concern (LC).
Ecology
=Habitat=
It occurs in small lakes, rivers, wet grass savannahs, riparian forests,[https://books.google.com/books?id=gUIkAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Nymphaea%20heudelotii%22 "Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants."] p. 93. (2008). Niederlande: Rijksherbarium. and in shallow flowing streams. In shallow ponds within the seasonally wet savanna of Gabon, it occurs sympatrically with Websteria confervoides, Nymphoides forbesiana, Eriocaulon nadjae, and Utricularia benjaminiana.Harris, D. J., Armstrong, K. E., Walters, G. M., Wilks, C., Mbembo, J.-C. M., Niangadouma, R., Wieringa, J. J., & Breteler, F. J. (2012). Phytogeographical analysis and checklist of the vascular plants of Loango National Park, Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145(2), 242–257. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43491837 Additionally, at elevations between 1120 and 1200 meters above sea level, this species can be found in small pools within Sphagnum bogs and channels within Papyrus associations close to open water.
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Category:Flora of the Central African Republic
Category:Flora of Guinea-Bissau