Nuphar ozarkana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nuphar |
| Species: | N. ozarkana
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| Binomial name | |
| Nuphar ozarkana (G.S.Mill. & Standl.) Standl.[1]
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Nuphar ozarkana is a species of aquatic plant native to the US-American states Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.[1]
Description
[edit]Vegetative characteristics
[edit]Nuphar ozarkana is an aquatic species with a slender rhizome. The leaves mostly float, but they can also be erect. The petiolate, orbicular to oblong, smooth, glabrous, yellowish green leaves are 12-20 cm long, and 7-19 cm wide. The terete, glabrous petioles are 3-11 mm wide.[2]
Generative characteristics
[edit]The pedunculate, yellow, 30 mm wide flowers have stout, glabrous peduncles. The thin, glabrous sepals are green, but display display yellow colouration towards the apex. The smooth, subglobose, 15-25 mm long, and 14-20 mm wide fruit bears 15-30 ovoid, shiny, pale brown 5 mm long, and 3.5 mm wide seeds.[2] The flowers are not fragrant.[3]
Reproduction
[edit]Generative reproduction
[edit]This species has an outstandingly low number of seeds per fruit.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Publication
[edit]It was first described as Nymphaea ozarkana G.S.Mill. & Standl. by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. and Paul Carpenter Standley in 1912. Later, it was included in the genus Nuphar Sm. as Nuphar ozarkana (G.S.Mill. & Standl.) Standl. published by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1931.[1]
Type specimen
[edit]The type specimen was collected by Otto M. Smith along White River in Southern Missouri in August 1910.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet ozarkana references the Ozarks region.[4]
Ecology
[edit]Pollination
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It is pollinated by Lasioglossum nelumbonis, Lasioglossum bruneri, and Augochlora pura, which together make up 97% of all floral visitors.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nuphar ozarkana (G.S.Mill. & Standl.) Standl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d Miller, G. S., & Standley, P. C. (1912). The North American species of Nymphaea. Contributions From the United States National Herbarium, 16, 63–108. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/371928&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
- ^ a b c Lippok, B., Gardine, A. A., Williamson, P. S., & Renner, S. S. (2000). "Pollination by flies, bees, and beetles of Nuphar ozarkana and N. advena (Nymphaeaceae)." American Journal of Botany, 87(6), 898-902.
- ^ Harris, R. C., & Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion." Opuscula Philolichenum, 4, 57-68.