3-60 Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, water-lily family, Nuphar, Nymphaea, water-lily, cow-lily, pond-lily

Abstract

All are aquatic herbs with large floating leaves arising directly from the rhizome. Petioles attach at the top of a deep sinus. Buoyancy is provided by numerous cavities on the petioles as well as the long peduncles. Flowers are perfect and regular, 4–6 sepals subtending many petals. Fruit is a follicle or berry. Many ornamentals are found in the family. Birds and mammals feed upon the seeds and rhizomes. Photographs taken by Sean Balney, David Mazerolle and Ross Hall.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor