Nymphaea
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Nymphaea

blue lotus of the Nile
egyptian lotus
lily
pondlily
waterlily

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
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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