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Nymphaceae Flashcards

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Habit

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Aquatic herbs, grow from rhizomes

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Leaves

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Alternate, simple, usually entire. Typically with long petiole and floating blade. Palmate to pinnate venation. Heterophylly

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Inflorescence

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Solitary flowers

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Flowers

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large, showy, radial, perfect. Long pedicel. Floats on or emerges above the water surface

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Calyx & Corolla

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sepals: 3-numerous, distinct, petaloid
Petals: 3-numerous, petals in several whorls

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Stamens & Carpels

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Stamens: numerous, arranged spirally.
Carpels: 3-numerous

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Ovary

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Superior

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Placentation

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Parietal

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Fruit

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Various. Fleshy capsule, aggregate of nuts, berry and indehiscent pod.

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Floral Formula

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*, K3-∞, C3-∞, A∞, G3-∞ or G(3-∞)

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