Water lilies

Water lilies
	White water lilies ( Nymphaea alba )
Systematics
without rank:	Streptophyta
Empire :	Plants (Plantae)
Department :	Vascular plants (tracheophyta)
Subdivision :	Seed plants (Spermatophytina)
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Order :	Water lilies
Scientific name
	Nymphaeales
	Dumort.

The water-lily-like (Nymphaeales) represent one of the basal orders of the Bedecktsamer . They contain three families.

description

They are herbaceous swamp and aquatic plants anchored at the bottom of bodies of water. Depending on the species, they have underwater and / or swimming leaves. They almost always have no trachea . The sieve tube plastids are of the S type. The flowers are hermaphroditic. All flower organs are arranged in a spiral and are usually numerous.

Systematics

Only three families belong to this order :

Hair mermaid family (Cabombaceae)
Hydatellaceae
Water lily family (Nymphaeaceae)

swell

The order of the Nymphaeales on the AP website. (engl.)
Description at the University of Hamburg.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group: An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161: 2, 2009, pp. 105-121

Web links

Commons : Water Lilies - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Nymphaeales - Profile of the Botanical Garden Tübingen. ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[apgiii-1] A ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group: An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161: 2, 2009, pp. 105-121