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2513.000 Nymphaea
Description of the genus
Aquatic herbs. Leaf lamina elliptic to subcircular, deeply cordate, peltate. Sepals 4, green. Petals 5-many, inner ones shorter and narrower, grading into the stamens. Stamens with petaloid filaments. Carpels numerous, many-ovulate. Fruit a large fleshy berry, ripening under water. Seeds floating owing to a pulpy sack-like aril. Worldwide: c. 50 species, cosmopolitan. Malawi: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| lotus L. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nouchali Burm. f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nouchali Burm. f. var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc. | S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Nymphaea:
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Flora of Botswana: NymphaeaFlora of Caprivi: Nymphaea
Flora of Mozambique: Nymphaea
Flora of Zambia: Nymphaea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nymphaea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Nymphaea
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): NymphaeaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Nymphaea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Nymphaea
Wikipedia: Nymphaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nymphaea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Nymphaea
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