Nymphaea kakaduensis
{{Short description|Species of water lily}}
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|genus = Nymphaea
|parent = Nymphaea subg. Anecphya
|species = kakaduensis
|authority = Hellq., A.Leu & M.L.Moody
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|range_map_caption = Nymphaea kakaduensis is endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia
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Nymphaea kakaduensis is a species of waterlily endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia.{{cite POWO |id=77303230-1 |title=Nymphaea kakaduensis Hellq., A.Leu & M.L.Moody |accessdate=2 January 2024}}
Description
=Vegetative characteristics=
Nymphaea kakaduensis is a perennial aquatic plant with a globose rhizome. The petiolate, oval to oval-elliptic, 15.6-17.4 cm long, and 11.8-16.6 cm wide leaves have an entire, slightly undulate, or sinuate-crenate margin. The adaxial leaf surface is dark green, and the abaxial leaf surface is dark purple. The petiole is brownish-green, and exhibits fused stipules.Hellquist, C. B., Leu, A., & Moody, M. L. (2021). [https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/TEL/article/download/15022/13528 "Nymphaea kakaduensis (Nymphaeaceae), a new species from the northern portion of the Northern Territory, Australia."] Telopea, 24, 267-275.
=Generative characteristics=
The 5.5–10.5 cm wide, fragrant, cupped flowers extend above the water surface. The white, pink, brown, or green sepals are 3–6 cm long, and 1–2.6 cm wide. The 14-27 ovate–elliptic, white, more rarely blue, or pinkish petals are 2–5 cm long and 0.6–2 cm wide. The androecium consists of 80-200 yellow stamens. The gynoecium consists of 14-30 carpels. The globose, 2–4 cm wide fruit bears 1.8-2.1 mm long, 1.2-1.3 mm wide, dark brown to dark olive seeds with a longitudinal ridge.
Reproduction
=Generative reproduction=
Taxonomy
=Publication=
It was first described by Carl Barre Hellquist, Andre Leu, and Michael L. Moody in 2021.
=Type specimen=
The type specimen of Nymphaea kakaduensis was collected by Carl Barre Hellquist, Andre Leu, and Fred Baird in a billabong at the upper end of Jim Jim Creek within Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia on the 29th of April 2011.
Etymology
Conservation
Ecology
=Habitat=
It is found in billabongs,Isotype of Nymphaea kakaduensis C. B. Hellquist, A. Leu & M. L. Moody [family NYMPHAEACEAE]. (n.d.). JSTOR. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.gh02579930?searchUri=filter%3Dname%26so%3Dps_group_by_genus_species%2Basc%26Query%3DNymphaea%2Bkakaduensis and is associated with Nymphaea pubescens, Nymphaea violacea, and Nymphaea macrosperma.
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Category:Flora of the Northern Territory