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Nymphaea francae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea
Subgenus:	Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis
Species:	N. francae
Binomial name
	Nymphaea francae; C.T.Lima & Giul.
	Nymphaea francae is endemic to Brazil

Nymphaea francae is a species of waterlily endemic to Brazil.^[1]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Nymphaea francae is an aquatic herb.^[2] It has ovoid tubers, which are not stoloniferous. The floating leaves have 5–7.2 mm wide, greenish-brown, pubescent to glabrescent petioles with four primary central, and four secondary peripheral air canals.^[3] The leaf blade is ovate and has an entire, flat margin. It has actinodromous leaf venation.^[2]

Generative characteristics

The nocturnal flowers float on the water surface.^[2] They have a pubescent to glabrescent, non-brittle, greenish-brown peduncle with six central primary and twelve secondary peripheral air canals.^[3] The petals are white.^[2]

Reproduction

Vegetative reproduction

Both stolons and proliferating pseudanthia are absent.^[3]^[2]

Generative reproduction

Neither fruits nor seeds have been observed.^[3]

Taxonomy

It was first described by C.T.Lima and Ana Maria Giulietti in 2021.^[1]

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected by C.T. Lima and L. Lima in a lagoon on Bananal Island in the Tocantins, Brazil at a depth of 1−3 m. It is only known from the type material.^[3]

Placement within Nymphaea

It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.^[3]

Etymology

The specific epithet francae honours Prof. Dr. Flávio França of the State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil.^[3]

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in aquatic habitats of the central Brazilian Savanna.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Nymphaea francae C.T.Lima & Giul". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. (n.d.-b). Nymphaea francae C.T.Lima & Giul. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB623382
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g de Lima, C. T., Machado, I. C., & Giulietti, A. M. (2021). "Nymphaeaceae of Brasil." Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 21.