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Systematics of Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis (Nymphaeaceae). I. Four new species from the Neotropics

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Four night-blooming water-lilies ofNymphaea subgenusHydrocallis,N. conardii, N. lingulata, N. novo-granatensis, andN. prolifera, are described from the American tropics.

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    John H. Wiersema

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Wiersema, J.H. Systematics of Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis (Nymphaeaceae). I. Four new species from the Neotropics. Brittonia 36, 213–222 (1984). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806510

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