Nymphaea × sundvikii is a species of waterlily endemic to Central and East European Russia. It is a natural hybrid of Nymphaea candida and Nymphaea tetragona.Volkova, P. A., & Shipunov, A. B. (2007). "Morphological variation of Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) in European Russia." Nordic Journal of Botany, 25(5‐6), 329-338.
Description
Vegetative characteristics The leaves are larger than the leaves of Nymphaea tetragona. Generative characteristics The flowers show intermediate morphological characteristics, and they are larger than the flowers of Nymphaea tetragona.
Taxonomy It was first described by Hiitonen in 1933.Nymphaea × sundvikii | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved December 28, 2023, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77221753-1
Ecology Habitat It is known from aquatic habitats in the region of Tver, Kostroma, and Nizhny Novgorod.Лапиров, А., & Соловьева, В. (2019). "Гидроботаника 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебник и практикум для академического бакалавриата." p. 203. Litres. It has been observed in a Sphagnum bog in a small lake."Botanicheskii zhurnal." p. 933. (2007). Russland: Izd-vo "Nauka" Leningradskoe otdelenie. It has also been reported to occur in the Kazhim reservoir.Teteryuk, B. Y., Knyazeva, E. V., Teteryuk, L. V., & Panyukov, A. A. (2021). "Flora of small reservoirs of northeastern European Russia." Inland Water Biology, 14, 20-31. The hybrid is usually found in habitats of sympatric occurrence of the two parent species."Конспект флоры Восточной Европы. Том 1." p. 95. (2018). Russland: ЛитРес.
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