Nymphoides brevipedicellata (Vatke) A.Raynal

Species

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Characteristics

Plants perennial.. Stolons numerous, 3-5 mm. wide when fresh.. Leaves circular, up to 20 cm. across; petiole 1.2-2(-3) cm. long.. Inflorescence many-flowered; pedicels 1.5-3.5(-4) cm. long.. Calyx 4-6 mm. long, appressed to corolla.. Corolla ± 1.5 cm. across, white with a yellow centre; lobes covered entirely with hairs inside; homostylous.. Stamens decurrent on the corolla-tube; anthers 1.4-1.6 mm. long.. Gynoecium ± 3 mm.; ovary attenuate into a short style, ± 2 mm. wide; carpels (2-)3(-5); stigmas equal in number, undulate, papillose.. Capsule globose to subglobose, 4-8 mm. diameter, ± as long or longer than the calyx, shortly mucronate by persistent style.. Seeds numerous, usually more than 25, smooth to ± tuberculate.. Fig. 1.
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A herb that grows in water and keeps growing from year to year. It has floating runners that are 3-5 mm thick. The leaves are 6-10 cm across. They are oval or round.
Petiole 1.2–1.5(4) cm.; lamina 6–10(23) cm. in diam., subcircular or the larger ones somewhat ovate-circular.
Corolla tube yellow 7–9 mm. long; lobes white, densely and uniformly hairy inside ± as long as the tube.
Perennial; stock short thick, floating stolons numerous, 3–5 mm. thick in life.
Capsule 5–8 mm. diam., subglobose ± as long as the calyx, 15–80 seeded.
Seeds 1.6–1.95 x 1.4–1.7 mm., lenticular ± tuberculate.
Calyx 5–6 mm. long, lobes appressed to corolla tube.
Flowers 10–25 homostylous; pedicels 2–6 cm. long.
Carpels and stigmas (2)3(5).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in water. It can grow in pools and rivers up to 1,750 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible rhizomes roots
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Distribution

Nymphoides brevipedicellata world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Nymphoides brevipedicellata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581697-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382511
COL ID 486PJ
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Synonyms

Nymphoides brevipedicellata Limnanthemum brevipedicellatum Limnanthemum biflorum Limnanthemum abyssinicum