Scientific or common name:

Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. gigantea Tricker

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NYMPHAEACEAE - Water-lily family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. gigantea Tricker
Rank: variety
See: ► Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. odorata

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Common names

U.S. name: American white waterlily
English name: fragrant water-lily
English name: white water-lily
French name: nymphéa odorant
German name: wohlriechende Seerose

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. odorata
= Castalia lekophylla Small
= Castalia minor (Sims) Nyar
= Castalia odorata (Aiton) Alph. Wood
= Castalia reniformis DC.
= Nymphaea minor (Sims) DC.
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. godfreyi Ward
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. minor Sims
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. rosea Pursh
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. stenopetala Fernald
= Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. villosa Caspary

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Species:

1) Nymphaea advena Aiton 2) Nymphaea alba L. 3) Nymphaea amazonum Mart. & Zucc. 4) Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC. 5) Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC. var. ampla 6) Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC. var. pulchella (DC.) Caspary 7) Nymphaea blanda G. Mey. var. fenzliana (Lehm.) Caspary 8) Nymphaea blanda G. Mey., nom. illeg. 9) Nymphaea bombycina (G.S. Mill. & Standl.) Standl. 10) Nymphaea caerulea Savigny 11) Nymphaea capensis Thunb. 12) Nymphaea capensis Thunb. var. capensis Thunb. [excluded] 13) Nymphaea capensis Thunb. var. zanzibariensis (Caspary) Conard 14) Nymphaea chartacea G.S. Mill. & Standl. 15) Nymphaea conardii Wiersema 16) Nymphaea elegans Hook. 17) Nymphaea fluviatilis Harper 18) Nymphaea fraterna G.S. Mill. & Standl. 19) Nymphaea glandulifera Rodschied [excluded] 20) Nymphaea jamesoniana Planch. 21) Nymphaea leibergii Morong 22) Nymphaea lotus L. 23) Nymphaea macrophylla Small 24) Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. 25) Nymphaea minor (Sims) DC. 26) Nymphaea odorata Aiton 27) Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. odorata 28) Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersma & Hellquist 29) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. gigantea Tricker 30) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. godfreyi Ward 31) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. maxima (Conrad) B. Boivin 32) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. minor Sims 33) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. rosea Pursh 34) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. stenopetala Fernald 35) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. villosa Caspary 36) Nymphaea orbiculata Small 37) Nymphaea polysepala (Engelm.) Greene 38) Nymphaea pulchella DC. 39) Nymphaea rubrodisca (Morong) Greene 40) Nymphaea rudgeana G. Mey. 41) Nymphaea sagittifolia Walter 42) Nymphaea tetragona Georgi 43) Nymphaea tetragona Georgi ssp. leibergii (Morong) A.E. Porsild 44) Nymphaea tetragona Georgi var. leibergii (Morong) B. Boivin 45) Nymphaea tuberosa Paine 46) Nymphaea ulvacea G.S. Mill. & Standl. 47) Nymphaea x daubenyana W.T. Baxter ex Daubeny 48) Nymphaea x marliacea Marliac 49) Nymphaea x thiona Ward 50) Nymphaea zanzibariensis Caspary

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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Genera (Nymphaeaceae)
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1) Castalia (waterlily) 2) Euryale 3) Nuphar (pond-lily) 4) Nymphaea (waterlily) 5) Nymphozanthus (pond-lily) 6) Victoria (giant waterlily)

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Common names (Nymphaea)
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1) (no name) 2) Amazon waterlily (Nymphaea amazonum) 3) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) 4) Cape blue waterlily (Nymphaea capensis) 5) Dotleaf waterlily (Nymphaea ampla) 6) Egyptian lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) 7) European white waterlily (Nymphaea alba) 8) James' waterlily (Nymphaea jamesoniana) 9) Leiberg's waterlily (Nymphaea leibergii) 10) Pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona) 11) Rocky Mountain pond-lily (Nymphaea polysepala) 12) Roundleaf waterlily (Nymphaea conardii) 13) Rudge's waterlily (Nymphaea rudgeana) 14) Sleepingbeauty waterlily (Nymphaea glandulifera) 15) Tropical royalblue waterlily (Nymphaea elegans) 16) Varigated yellow pond-lily (Nymphaea fraterna) 17) White Egyptian lotus (Nymphaea lotus) 18) Yellow pond-lily (Nymphaea advena) 19) Yellow waterlily (Nymphaea mexicana)

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More species:
1) Nymphaea tuberosa Paine [279]
2) Nymphaea x thiona Ward [294]
3) Nymphoides aquatica (J.F. Gmel.) Kuntze [1665]
4) Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze [1238]
5) Nymphozanthus rubrodiscus (Morong) Fernald [193]
6) Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. [1350]
7) Ochna serrulata (Hochst.) Walp. [2324]
8) Ochrosia haleakalae H. St. John [720]
9) Ocimum tenuiflorum L. [355]
10) Odontoschisma sphagni (Dicks.) Dumort. [423]

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