Nymphaea immutabilis
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| Flowering Nymphaea immutabilis in cultivation at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum | |
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| Flowering Nymphaea immutabilis in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. immutabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaea immutabilis S.W.L.Jacobs[2]
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| Nymphaea immutabilis is native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland, Australia[2] | |
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Nymphaea immutabilis is a species of waterlily native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland, Australia.[2]
Description[edit]
Vegetative characteristics[edit]
Nymphaea immutabilis is an annual or perennial plant with globose rhizomes.[3] The round, 70 cm wide leaves have dentate margins.[4][3]
Generative characteristics[edit]
The flowers extend up to 50 cm above the water surface.[4] The flowers have four sepals, and 34 petals. The androecium consists of 400 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 9-20 carpels.[3] The globose, 5 cm wide fruit bears numerous 4 mm long, and 2.5 mm wide, rounded seeds with trichomes arranged in irregular rows.[4] Immature seeds are red, but mature to brownish-grey seeds.[5] The seeds have a mechanism of physiological dormancy.[6]
Cytology[edit]
The chromosome count is n = 42. The genome size is 1408.32 Mb.[7]
Reproduction[edit]
Generative reproduction[edit]
Flowering occurs from March to November.[4][3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Publication[edit]
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 1992.[2]
Type specimen[edit]
The type specimen was collected by S. Jacobs and J. Clarkson near Mareeba, Queensland, Australia on the 26th of July 1987.[3]
Placement within Nymphaea[edit]
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya.[6]
Separation of Nymphaea kimberleyensis[edit]
The subspecies Nymphaea immutabilis subsp. kimberleyensis S.W.L.Jacobs was described in 1992. Later in 2011, it was elevated to a separate species Nymphaea kimberleyensis (S.W.L.Jacobs) S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq.[8][9]
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet immutabilis, meaning unchanging, references the floral colouration, which does not change as the flower ages.[3]
Conservation[edit]
The NCA status of Nymphaea immutabilis is Special Least Concern (SL).[1] In the Northern Territory it is categorised as vulnerable.[10][11]
Ecology[edit]
Habitat[edit]
It occurs in swamps,[6] permanent, or temporary waters,[3] billabongs, streams, and rivers.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Queensland Government. (2022e, March 8). Species profile — Nymphaea immutabilis. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=21929
- ^ a b c d e "Nymphaea immutabilis S.W.L.Jacobs". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jacobs, S. W. L. (1992). "New species, lectotypes and synonyms of Australasian Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae)." Telopea, 4(4), 635-641.
- ^ a b c d Stephens, K. M., Dowling, R. M. (2002). "Wetland Plants of Queensland: A Field Guide." p. 56. Kokosinsel (Keeling): CSIRO Publishing.
- ^ a b Dalziell, E. L. (2016). "Seed biology and ex situ storage behaviour of Australian Nymphaea (water lilies): implications for conservation (Doctoral dissertation, PhD thesis. University of Western Australia, Perth, WA)."
- ^ a b c Dalziell, E. L., Baskin, C. C., Baskin, J. M., Young, R. E., Dixon, K. W., & Merritt, D. J. (2019). "Morphophysiological dormancy in the basal angiosperm order Nymphaeales." Annals of botany, 123(1), 95-106.
- ^ Chen, F., Liu, X., Yu, C., Chen, Y., Tang, H., & Zhang, L. (2017). "Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery." Horticulture research, 4.
- ^ Jacobs, S. W., & Hellquist, C. B. (2011). "New species, possible hybrids and intergrades in Australian Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) with a key to all species." Telopea, 13(1-2), 233-243.
- ^ "Nymphaea kimberleyensis (S.W.L.Jacobs) S.W.L.Jacobs & Hellq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ White, M., Albrecht, D., Duguid, A., Latz, P., & Hamilton, M. (2000). "Plant species and sites of botanical significance in the southern bioregions of the Northern Territory. Volume 1: significant vascular plants."
- ^ Fisher, A., Baker, B., & Woinarski, J. (2002). "Mitchell Grass Downs, Northern Territory."