Nuphar pumila




Family Nymphaeaeceae
Scientific name Nuphar pumila (Timm) de Candolle
Synonyms Nuphar bornetii H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Nuphar centricavata J. Schuster; Nuphar lutea subsp. pumila (Timm) E. O. Beal; Nuphar minima (Willdenow) Smith; Nuphar pumilum (Timm) de Candolle; Nuphar shimadae Hayata; Nuphar subpumila Miki; Nuphar tenella Reichenbach; Nymphaea lutea L. subsp. pumila (Timm) Bonnier & Layens; Nymphaea lutea L. var. minima Willdenow; Nymphaea lutea L. var. pumila Timm; Nymphaea pumila (Timm) Hoffmann; Nymphozanthus centricavatus (J. Schuster) Fernald; Nymphozanthus pumilus (Timm) Fernald
Common name (Japanese common name) nemuro koh-hone (ネムロコウホネ, 根室河骨 [meaning: Nemuro Swamp koh-hone])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (northern area)
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Europe
Habitat Subalpine pond or swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=34 (2x)
Description Leaves 6-10cm long. Flowers yellow 2.5cm, flowering in July to August. Water plants. Perennial plants.
Reference Nuphar pumila (Timm) DC. subsp. pumila
Nuphar pumila (Timm) de Candolle
Change of Distribution of Nymphaea tetragona Georgi and Nuphar pumilum DC. var. ozeense H. Hara(Nymphaeaceae) in an Interval of 16 years on the Basis of Pool Catalog Database of the Ozegahara Moor, Central Japan.
Note Japanese authors have beleived that Nuphar pumila (Timm) de Candolle var. ozeensis (Miki) H. Hara (syn. Nuphar ozeensis Miki; Nuphar pumilum (Timm) de Candolle var. ozeense (Miki) H. Hara) is endemic to Japan.



July 2008
at Ohsaka City University
Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Ohsaka City University
Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Ohsaka City University
Botanical Garden



July 2008
at Ohsaka City University
Botanical Garden