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Nymphaea divaricata Hutch.

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves 8–24 cm. broad, submerged or rarely some of them floating (fide A. A. Bullock), thinly papyraceous, bilobed-divaricate, cordate at the base, retuse at the apex, with a ± narrow isthmus along the midrib, slightly or not peltate, margin entire, smooth on both surfaces, primary lateral nerves 5–6 on each side of the midrib, 1–2 pairs of secondary nerves arising from the midrib (or absent).
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Sepals 4 (8 reported in the original description), 2.6–4.5 x 0.8–1.2 cm., ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acute.
Flowers blue or pink (yellow in specimens from Angola), 4–10 cm. in diam., floating or slightly emergent.
Petals 12–15, as long as the sepals, lanceolate, obtuse or acute.
Aquatic herb with elongate rhizome 1–2 cm. thick.
Stamens 20–30, connective-appendage acute.
Carpels 12–18; style short.
Fruit not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Nymphaea divaricata world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605542-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382197
COL ID 74CQX
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Synonyms

Nymphaea divaricata
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