Nymphaea tetragona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Nymphaea
Sectio: N. sect. Nymphaea
Species: Nymphaea tetragona

Name

Nymphaea tetragona Georgi, Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 220 (1775).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Castalia tetragona (Georgi) G.Lawson, Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada 6: 112 (1888 publ. 1889).
- Leuconymphaea tetragona (Georgi) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891).
- Nymphaea alba subsp. tetragona (Georgi) Korsh., Fl. Vostochnoi Evropy 1: 133 (1892).
Heterotypic
- Castalia pygmaea Salisb., Parad. Lond. 1: t. 68 (1807).
  - Nymphaea pygmaea (Salisb.) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 293 (1811).
- Castalia rudgeana Tratt., Flora 5: 599 (1822).
- Nymphaea wenzelii Maack ex Regel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 17 (1861).
  - Nymphaea tetragona var. wenzelii (Maack ex Regel) Vorosch. in A.K.Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR: 167 (1985).
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. acutiloba Regel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 17 (1861).
  - Nymphaea pygmaea var. acutiloba (Regel) Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 127 (1862).
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. grandiflora Regel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 17 (1861).
  - Nymphaea pygmaea var. grandiflora (Regel) Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 127 (1862).
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. distans Regel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 17 (1861).
- Nymphaea fennica Mela, Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 14(3): 1 (1897).
- Nymphaea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 350 (1907).
- Nymphaea tetragona var. angusta Casp. ex Nakai, Chosen Shokubutsu: 93 (1919).
- Castalia crassifolia Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 333 (1931).
  - Nymphaea crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 14: 751 (1938).
  - Nymphaea tetragona var. crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.C.Chu, Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 3: 82 (1975).
- Nymphaea japono-koreana Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 14: 749 (1938), no Latin descr.
- Nymphaea pygmaea var. minima Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 14: 746 (1938).
  - Nymphaea tetragona var. minima (Nakai) W.Lee, Lin. Fl. Koreae: 360 (1996).

Hybrids

N. × helvola – N. × laydekeri

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Vietnam.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Washington.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Georgi, J.G. 1775. Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 220.

Additional references

Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page.
Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea tetragona in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea tetragona. Published online. Accessed: August 13 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea tetragona. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea tetragona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 August 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nymphaea tetragona in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2024 August 13.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Zwerg-Seerose
suomi: Suomenlumme
日本語: ヒツジグサ
한국어: 수련
svenska: Finsk näckros
中文: 睡莲