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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Nymphoides Seg., Pl. Veron. 3, 121 (1754)
Description
Bottom-rooting aquatic, annual or perennial herbs with long ± floating stolons. Lvs ± rosulate, sometimes remaining submerged and without an expanded lamina. Lvs generally alternate, sometimes subopposite below fls; petioles either long and easily distinguishable from the stems, or short and terminal and similar to stem; lamina usually floating, usually broadly ovate to orbicular and deeply cordate. Fls either 2-many in fascicles at the stolon nodes, or solitary, ephemeral, emergent; pedicels long and slender. Corolla yellow, sometimes white; lobes winged; margins prominently fimbriate. Stamens short, inserted on corolla tube. Ovary semi-inferior; style exserted or included. Capsule opening irregularly or indehiscent.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Exotic: Presence uncertain | 1 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Séguier, J.F. 1754: Plantae Veronenses. Vol. 3. Verona.
