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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Nymphoides
Nymphoides
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Corolla yellow, 20–25 (–30) mm wide in life, the lobes short-fringed along part of the margin; flowers rarely replaced by spur-like roots; reproductive stem with a pair of opposite leaves subtending the umbel, sometimes extended beyond the umbel and producing additional inflorescences; fruit 12–25 mm long; seeds ciliate on the margin
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1b. Corolla white, 5–8 (–10) mm wide in life, the lobes not fringed on the margin; some flowers usually replaced by a cluster of spur-like roots [Fig. 725]; reproductive stem with a single, alternate leaf subtending the umbel; fruit 4–5 mm long; seeds not ciliate
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.