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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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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| 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:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): NymphaeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nymphaea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nymphaea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Nymphaea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Nymphaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nymphaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Nymphaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nymphaea
Plants of the World Online: Nymphaea
Tropicos: Nymphaea
Wikipedia: Nymphaea
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