Nymphaea tetragona

睡蓮

Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

名彙資訊

學名發表文獻

Georgi, Bemerkungen einer Reise im Russischen Reich im Jahre 1: 220. 1775. (Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich.)

台灣首次記錄發表文獻

Kudo & Masam., Annual report of the Taihoku botanic garden, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial Univeristy , Formosa, Japan 1: 27. 1931. (Ann. Rep. Taihoku Bot. Gard.)

異名

無

各語言俗名

中

子午蓮.
英

Pygmy water lily.
日

ひつじぐさ.

參考文獻

Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)

特徵描述

生活型

herb

形態特徵

Rhizomes stout, erect, fleshy.
Leaves ovate-orbicular to ovate elliptic, 7-11 cm across, glabrous, margins entire, dark green above, brownish or reddish beneath.
Flowers white; sepals 4, green, broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.7-3.3 cm long, 1-1.3 cm wide, acute or obtuse at apex; petals 9-12, 2.7-3.3 cm long, 1-1.3 cm wide, acute or obtuse at apex; stamens many, anthers linear, yellow, 3-5 mm long; ovary with 5-8 stigmas.
Fruit ellipsoid.
This is probably extirpated in Taiwan.