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Recent Topics Posters

Villani, Philip [1], Etnier, Shelley [1].

Natural History of Heterophylly in Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa (Nymphaeaceae).

The American white water lily is an aquatic amphibious plant that displays pronounced heterophylly, the appearance of different leaf forms on a single plant. Water lilies produce leaves that either float or are held above the water’s surface. In this paper we describe the natural history of water lily leaf forms and examine some of the factors that stimulate heterophylly. Over the course of a growing season the predominant leaf form switches from surface leaves in the early season to aerial leaves in the midseason and then back to surface leaves at season’s end. Of the various factors that we investigated, changes in the light environment appear to influence heterophylly the most.


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1 - Butler University, Biological Sciences, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46208, USA

Keywords:
Lily pad
heterophylly
natural history
Indiana.

Presentation Type: Recent Topics Poster
Session: P
Location: Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/Hilton
Date: Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM
Number: P79005
Abstract ID:2534


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