The Nymphaeaceae are aquatic,
rhizomatous herbs. The ancestors is added characterized by broadcast vascular
bundles in the stems, and common attendance of latex, usually with distinct,
stellate-branched sclereids bulging into the air canals. Hairs are simple,
usually bearing adhesive (slime). Leaves are alternating and spiral, adverse or
occasionally whorled, simple, peltate or about so, absolute to asperous or
dissected, abbreviate to continued petiolate), with brand submerged, amphibian
or emergent, with palmate to pinnate venation. Stipules are either present or
absent. Flowers are solitary, bisexual, radial, with a continued axis and
usually amphibian or aloft aloft the apparent of the water, with girdling
vascular bundles in receptacle. Tepals are 4-12, audible to connate, imbricate,
and generally petal-like. Petals lacks or 8 to numerous, camouflaged to showy,
generally intergrading with stamens. Stamens are 3 to numerous, the centermost
sometimes represented by staminodes. Filaments are distinct, chargeless or
adnate to petaloid staminodes, attenuate and able-bodied differentiated from
anthers to laminar and ailing differentiated from anthers; pollen grains
usually monosulcate or defective apertures. Carpels are 3 to numerous, audible
or connate. Fruit is an accumulated of nuts, a berry, or an anyhow accessible
ample capsule. Seeds are generally arillate, added or beneath defective sperm.
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