Nymphaea subg. Confluentes is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.
Description Vegetative characteristics Nymphaea subg. Confluentes has tuberous rhizomes. The leaves have an entire to sinuate margin.null. Nymphaea subg. Confluentes, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Nymphaea%20subg.%20Confluentes [Date Accessed: 03 February 2024] Generative characteristics The diurnal flowers extend above the water surface. The petals do not have a conspicuous gap between petals and stamens. The seeds are smaller than those of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya.LÖHNE, C., WIERSEMA, J. H., & BORSCH, T. (2009). The unusual Ondinea, actually just another Australian water-lily of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya (Nymphaeaceae). Willdenowia, 39(1), 55–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20699149
Taxonomy It was described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs in 2007Nymphaea subgen. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.-b). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77081992-1S.W.L.Jacobs, & C.L.Porter. (2007). Nymphaeaceae. In Flora of Australia Volume 2, Winteraceae to Platanaceae (Vol. 2, pp. 259–275, 458). ABRS, Canberra/CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. with Nymphaea violacea as the type species. Species
Nymphaea elleniae Nymphaea hastifolia Nymphaea lukei Nymphaea noelae Nymphaea ondinea Nymphaea vaporalis Nymphaea violacea
Etymology The name of the subgenus Confluentes refers to the gradual transition of the petals into stamens.Nymphaea subg. Confluentes S.W.L.Jacobs. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2024, from https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/212038
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