| Yellow water lily | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nuphar |
| Species: | N. shimadai
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| Binomial name | |
| Nuphar shimadai Hayata, 1916
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Nuphar shimadai[1], commonly known as yellow water lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae, an endemic speciesn of Taiwan. The species is a kind of aquatic plants, which can be found in ponds or lakes. It is a perennial floating-leaved herb.The conservation status of Nuphar shimadai is critically endangered[2].
Specific character edit
- Roots Nuphar shimadai has stout and branched rhizomes.
- Leaves Leaves of Nuphar shimadai are broadly ovate, 8-12 cm long, 7-9 cm wide, with a rounded tip and a v-shaped notching base. Margin of leaves are entire. Smooth above while shaggy beneath. Depending on the depth of water, Nuphar shimadai have long petioles on the floating leaves.
- Flowers Nuphar shimadai has yellow flowers in the whole year, with straight pedicel raising the flower above the water. There are 5 ovate sepals, many petals and numerous stamens on the flower. The ovary is spherical and the stigma is red.
- Fruits
The fruit of Nuphar shimadai is spherical.
Locality edit
Nuphar shimadai can only be found in Taiwan. Few ponds in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Nantou (Chichi) , Yilan (Fushan).[3]
References edit
- ^ Flora of Taiwan, second edition. Vol. 2. Taipei: The editorial committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, Department of Botany, National Taiwan University. 1996. p. 611.
- ^ 臺灣維管束植物紅皮書初評名錄 Preliminary Red List of Taiwanese Vascular Plants. 行政院農業委員會特有生物研究保育中心. 2012. ISBN 9789860337693.
- ^ "標本與觀測資料 (specimens and observation data)". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility.