EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -There are 4–12 sepals, which are distinct to connate, imbricate, and often petallike. Petals lacking or 8 to numerous, inconspicuous to showy, often intergrading with stamens. Stamens are 3 to numerous, the innermost sometimes represented by staminodes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The white water lily is recognized by its large, floating, circular leaves and large, white flowers. The waxy leaves are up to 8 inches across with a narrow v-shaped cleft where the stem attaches. The underside of the leaf is green or reddish-purple in color.

Detailed explanation-3: -A classical example of petal-to-stamen transition is the flower of white water lily (Nymphaea alba s.l., Nymphaeaceae). The description in terms of classical plant morphology cannot reveal all morphological variation of transitional organs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Large, showy, hermaphrodite, hypogynous to perigynous, acyclic, hemicyclic or rarely cyclic, thalamus freshy, cup shaped, surrounding the carpels, with perianth and stamens adnate to it, fragrant.