Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Family 科

  • Nelumbonaceae 蓮科

Growing Habits 生長習性

  1. Climbing method 攀緣方式
  2. To be determined 有待確定

Height/Length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Stems, Branches and Branchlets

  1. Gland 腺體
  2. Absent 無
  1. Lenticel 皮孔
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Armature 針刺
  2. Absent 無
  1. Type 類型
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Bark 樹皮
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Habit 習性
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Shape 形狀
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Color 顏色
  2. To be determined 有待確定

Leaf/Leaflet Length

  • 葉 
  • 25 - 100 cm
  • 小葉 
  • To be determined 有待確定

Leaf/Leaflet Width

  • 葉 
  • 25 - 100 cm
  • 小葉 
  • To be determined 有待確定

Infloresence diameter/length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Sepal/calyx length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Petal/Corolla length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Fruits

  1. Other note 註
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruit type 果型
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Shape 形狀
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Gland 腺體
  2. Absent 無
  1. Fruit characters 果實特徵
  2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruiting period 果期
  2. To be determined 有待確定

Fruit diameter/length

  • 1.5 - 2.5 cm

Supplementary information

Aquatic herb,  with stout creeping rhizome 1 -5m, rhizomes with many constricted nodes and stout internodes, bearing many black scale-like leaves and foliage leaves. Foliage leaves peltate, orbicular; petioles 1 -2m, with scattered small prickles.  Flower with many carpels, carpels immersed in the pits of a sponge, obconical, accrescent receptacle; stamens numerous, with clavate appendages at apex; pedicels as long as or longer than petioles, also scattered with small prickles.

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Reviewer(s)

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References

  1. Flora of Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  1. Flora of Guangdong: Guangdong Science and Technology Press
  1. Flora of China. Vol 9 (2003): Science Press, Beijing Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  1. Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae (中國植物志): Science Press, Beijing

Acknowledgement 鳴謝:

Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Native Plant Resources and Database in Hong Kong
伍絜宜慈善基金香港原生植物資源及教材庫

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