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Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa

Family:Nymphaeaceae
Species: Nymphaea odorata Aiton
Infraspecies:Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersema & Hellq.
Common Name:tuberous white water lily
Habitat:Lakes, ponds, and slow moving water of streams.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herbaceous
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:NYFA 1990 lumped N. odorata ssp. tuberosa and ssp. odorata. We currently place the NYFA 1990 records of "Nymphaea odorata" under N. odorata ssp. odorata. So, the distribution in New York of N. odorata ssp. tuberosa is likely greater than what is currently displayed.
Taxonomic Notes:Authors have differed in their taxonomic opinion about the Nymphaea odorata-tuberosa complex. Wiersema and Hellquist (1994) distinguish these two taxa at the subspecific level (N. odorata ssp. odorata and N. odorata ssp. tuberosa) while past authors recognize them at the specific level (Conard 1905, Fernald 1950, Godfrey and Wooten 1981) or lump them entirely (Voss 1985, Gleason and Cronquist 1991). A recent study (Woods et al. 2005, 2005b) based on morphology and molecular work provides evidence that these two taxa are partially but perhaps not completely distinct. Therefore, these authors support a classification that recognizes these two taxa at the subspecific level. These authors found that many of the characters which had been used to distinguish these two taxa previously were not statistically different between the two. Some of the characters that they found to distinguish the two taxa best still have a lot of overlap. Unfortunately they did not provide a key. We provisionally follow their taxonomy and recognize N. odorata ssp. odorata and N. odorata ssp. tuberosa in New York with the caution that some individuals may not be identifiable to the subspecific level.
Status:Native, OBL (NCNE), OBL (EMP), S5? (State Rank), G5T5 (Global Rank), CoC: 5
References:Wiersema 1997, Woods et al. 2005, 2005b

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalNymphaeales Clade
Order Nymphaeales
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Genus Nymphaea
SpeciesNymphaea odorata
InfraspeciesNymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersema & Hellq. - tuberous white water lily

Citation

Citation Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersema & Hellq.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Dutchess1926 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa
   
Oswego1939 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa
Werier (2017) voucher!; R.T. Clausen & W.A. Hinkey 4441 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Westchester1906 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa
   

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Castalia tuberosa Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene   
Nymphaea tuberosa Nymphaea tuberosa Paine