Nymphaea caerulea Savigny

NYMPHAEACEAE

- Water-lily family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Nymphaea caerulea Savigny

Nomencl. ref.: in Dec. Egypt. i. 74 (1798).
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Egyptian lotus

English name: blue Egyptian lotus

English name: blue lotus

German name: blauer ägyptischer Lotus

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 338 ( AVG: 223.01 / 292.019 )

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Nymphaea caerulea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Nymphaea capensis Thunb. [321]
2) Nymphaea conardii Wiersema [331]
3) Nymphaea elegans Hook. [396]
4) Nymphaea leibergii Morong [348]
5) Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. [686]
6) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. gigantea Tricker [99]
7) Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. stenopetala Fernald [143]
8) Nymphaea tuberosa Paine [277]
9) Nymphoides lacunosa (Vent.) Kuntze [141]
10) Nyssa aquatica L. [435]

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