Kubyshka ( Latin: Núphar ) is a genus of perennial aquatic plants of the Nymphaeaceae family, distributed in shallow water along the shores of lakes and slow-flowing rivers or streams.
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 Yellow capsule ( Nuphar lutea ) - type species of the genus Kubyshka. General view of a group of flowering plants | |||||||||||||||||||
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Often a small egg is mistakenly called a water lily ; while a white water lily is called a water lily .
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Botanical Description
Rhizome plants. The color of the rhizome, depending on the illumination, from yellowish to green. The rhizome cut is white.
The leaves are rounded, floating - hard leathery, underwater - tender [2] .
The flowers are yellow, have a pleasant smell. The stamens are numerous, five sepals .
The fruit is a multi-seeded box of green.
Classification
Some researchers believe that the genus is monotypic and consists of one polymorphic species Nuphar lutea ( yellow capsule ) [3] [4] , while 10-12 or more species are accepted by some other researchers [5] . Recent molecular studies show differences between European and American species.
The genus consists of 8 species in 2 sections of Astylus and Nuphar [6] .
Views
- Astylus
- Nuphar advena ( Aiton ) WTAiton - Piglet
- Nuphar polysepala Engelm.
- Nuphar sagittifolia ( Walter ) Pursh - Arrow Leaf Caps
- Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex durand
- Nuphar
- Nuphar japonica DC.
- Nuphar lutea ( L. ) Sm. typus [7] - Eggplant yellow
- Nuphar microphylla ( Pers. ) Fernald
- Nuphar pumila ( Timm ) DC. - Small eggplant
- Hybrids
- Nuphar × rubrodisca Morong [= Nuphar microphylla × Nuphar variegata ]
- Nuphar × saijoensis ( Shimoda ) Padgett [= Nuphar japonica × Nuphar pumila ]
- Nuphar × spenneriana Gaudin [= Nuphar lutea × Nuphar pumila ] [8]
Meaning and Application
Egg capsules are the food of many animals ( muskrat , beaver , muskrat , elk , etc.), seeds are eaten by waterfowl . [9]
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Gubanov I.A., Kiseleva K.V., Novikov V.S., Tikhomirov V.N. Illustrated identifier of plants in Central Russia . - M .: T-number of scientific publications of KMK, Institute of Technological Research, 2003. - T. 2. - P. 179. - ISBN 5-87317-128-9 .
- ↑ Beal, EO Taxonomic revision of the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe // Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society: journal. - 1956. - Vol. 72 . - P. 317—346 .
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile Nuphar
- ↑ Wiersema, JH; Hellquist, CB Nymphaeaceae (Eng.) // Flora of North America . - Oxford University Press , 1997. - Vol. 3 .
- ↑ GRIN Complete List of Accepted Species Records Archived September 24, 2015 by Wayback Machine (Retrieved August 11, 2009)
- ↑ NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera. Electronic version 1.0. Entry for Nuphar Sm. (English) (Retrieved August 11, 2009)
- ↑ Published by the author under the name Nuphar minimum β. spennerianum , but this name contradicts the Vienna Code of Botanical Nomenclature , article 34.2
- ↑ Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary - Kubyshka (Retrieved August 11, 2009)
Literature
- Gubanov I.A., Kiseleva K.V., Novikov V.S., Tikhomirov V.N. Illustrated identifier of plants in Central Russia . - M .: T-number of scientific publications of KMK, Institute of Technological Research, 2003. - T. 2. - P. 179. - ISBN 5-87317-128-9 . .
- Beal, EO Taxonomic revision of the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe // Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society: journal. - 1956 . - Vol. 72 . - P. 317—346 .
Links
- Nuphar in Flora of North America @ efloras.org:
- Kubyshka (yellow water lily) - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .