莼菜的花器官发生与睡莲的差别显著，作者认为它们不应置于同一科内，支持并重新提出将莼菜属从睡莲科中分离出来的观点。
Brasenia quite differs from Nymphaea in floral organogenesis , so it shouldn 't be treated in the same family with Nymphaea , and should be separated from Nymphaeaceae .
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