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(Last Modified On 4/2/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/2/2013)
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Genus
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Nymphoides Seguier
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PI. Veron. 3: 121, 1754.
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Synonym
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Limnanthemum S. G. Gmel., Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 525, 1770.
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Description
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Herbs, aquatic, perennial; stems petiole-like. Leaves simple, usually broadly ovate or orbicular, peltate, cordate at the base, floating. Flowers white or yellow; calyx basally fused; corolla broadly campanulate or almost rotate, the lobes fimbri- ate; stamens included, the anthers ovate to linear; ovary ellipsoid, the style short,
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Herbs
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Description
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the stigmas usually broad. Capsules indehiscent or eventually rupturing irreg- ularly, firm-walled; seeds many, unwinged, the seed coat hard. -x= 9.
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Note
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A small genus of ca 20 species chiefly of tropical and subtropical areas in the New and Old Worlds. Only one species is known from Panama, the common N. humboldtianum.
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