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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Nymphaea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Nymphaea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Nymphaeidae J.W. Walker ex Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 74. 1 Mai 1997.       SuperOrdo  Nymphaeanae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Nymphaeales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 53. 1829.       Subordo  Nymphaeineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 115. Mai 1898.       Familia  Nymphaeaceae Salisb. pub. Ann. Bot. (K�nig & Sims) 2: 70. Jun 1805. common name: Waterlilies       Subfamilia  Nymphaeoideae (DC.) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 96. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Nymphaeeae DC. pub. Syst. Nat. 2: 43, 48. late Mai 1821.       Subtribus  Nymphaeinae Planch. pub. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., s�r. 3, 19: 20. Jan-Aug 1853.       Genus  Nymphaea L. pub. (1753) common name: waterlily

Named members of the Genus Nymphaea

1	Species  advena Ait. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
2	Species  amazonum Mart. & Zucc. common name: Amazon waterlily
3	Species  ampla (Salisb.) DC.
	4    Varietas  ampla common name: dotleaf waterlily 5    Varietas  pulchella (DC.) Caspary common name: dotleaf waterlily
6	Species  blanda G.F.W. Meyer common name: waterlily
7	Species  bombycina (Mill. & Standl.) Standl. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. orbiculata
8	Species  caerulea Savigny common name: Egyptian lotus, blue lotus of the Nile
9	Species  capensis Thunb.
	10    Varietas  zanzibariensis (Caspary) Conard common name: Cape Blue waterlily
11	Species  chartacea Mill. & Standl. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
12	Species  conardii Wiersema common name: roundleaf waterlily
13	Species  elegans Hook. common name: tropical royalblue waterlily
14	Species  fluviatilis Harper syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
15	Species  fraterna Mill. & Standl. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. variegata
16	Species  jamesoniana Planch. common name: James' waterlily
17	Species  leibergii Morong common name: Leiberg's waterlily
18	Species  lotus L. common name: white Egyptian lotus
19	Species  macrophylla Small syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
20	Species  mexicana Zucc. common name: yellow waterlily
21	Species  minor (Sims) DC. syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
22	Species  odorata Ait. common name: water lily, pond lily
	23    Varietas  gigantea Tricker syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata common name: great white pondlily    24    Varietas  godfreyi Ward syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata 25    Varietas  maxima (Conrad) Boivin syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa 26    Varietas  minor Sims syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata common name: white pondlily    27    Subspecies  odorata common name: American white waterlily 28    Varietas  rosea Pursh syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata common name: white pondlily 29    Varietas  stenopetala Fern. syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata 30    Subspecies  tuberosa (Paine) Wiersma & Hellquist common name: American white waterlily 31    Varietas  villosa Caspary syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
32	Species  orbiculata Small syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. orbiculata
33	Species  polysepala (Engelm.) Greene syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala common name: yellow pondlily
34	Species  pulchella DC. syn. Nymphaea ampla var. pulchella
35	Species  rubrodisca (Morong) Greene syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. rubrodisca
36	Species  rudgeana G.F.W. Mey. common name: Rudge's waterlily
37	Species  sagittifolia Walt. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. sagittifolia
38	Species  tetragona Georgi
	39    Subspecies  leibergii (Morong) Porsild syn. Nymphaea leibergii 40    Varietas  leibergii (Morong) Boivin syn. Nymphaea leibergii
41	Species  tuberosa Paine syn. Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa
42	Species  ulvacea Mill. & Standl. syn. Nuphar lutea ssp. ulvacea
43	Species  x daubenyana W.T. Baxter ex Daubeny common name: waterlily
44	Species  x thiona Ward
45	Species  zanzibariensis Caspary syn. Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis common name: royal purple waterlily

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.