Nymphaea elegans

Nymphaea elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Brachyceras
Species: Nymphaea elegans

Name

Nymphaea elegans Hook., 1851.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Castalia elegans (Hook.) Greene, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 85. 1888.
    • Leuconymphaea elegans (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11. 1891.
  • Heterotypic
    • Nymphaea mexicana A.Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 7. 1852, nom. illeg., non Zucc. (1832).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Southern America'
    • Regional: Caribbean

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Hooker, W.J. 1851. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXVII [= Vol. VII of the third series.] pp. 4554–4622. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 77: t. 4604.

Additional references

  • Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants [1]. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Vernacular names

  • English: Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
  • svenska: Golfnäckros
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