Nymphaea

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenera: N. subg. Anecphya – N. subg. Brachyceras – N. subg. Confluentes – N. subg. Hydrocallis – N. subg. Lotos – N. subg. Nymphaea
Species: N. abhayana – N. alba – N. alexii – N. amazonum – N. ampla – N. atrans – N. belophylla – N. caatingae – N. candida – N. carpentariae – N. conardii – N. dimorpha – N. divaricata – N. elegans – N. elleniae – N. francae – N. gardneriana – N. georginae – N. gigantea – N. glandulifera – N. gracilis – N. guineensis – N. harleyi – N. hastifolia – N. heudelotii – N. immutabilis – N. jacobsii – N. jamesoniana – N. kakaduensis – N. kimberleyensis – N. lasiophylla – N. leibergii – N. lingulata – N. loriana – N. lotus – N. lukei – N. macrosperma – N. maculata – N. manipurensis – N. mexicana – N. micrantha – N. noelae – N. nouchali – N. novogranatensis – N. odorata – N. ondinea – N. oxypetala – N. paganuccii – N. pedersenii – N. potamophila – N. prolifera – N. pubescens – N. pulchella – N. rapinii – N. rubra – N. rudgeana – N. siamensis – N. stuhlmannii – N. sulphurea – N. tenuinervia – N. tetragona – N. thermarum – N. vanildae – N. vaporalis – N. violacea
Nothospecies: N. × borealis – N. × daubenyana – N. × sundvikii – N. × thiona
Artificial hybrids: N. × astraea – N. × helvola – N. × laydekeri – N. × marliacea – N. × rosea

Name

Nymphaea L., Sp. Pl.: 510 (1753), nom. cons.

Type species: Nymphaea alba L., typ. cons.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Nimphaea Neck., Delic. Gallo-Belg. 1: 227 (1768), orth. var.
- Nimphea Nocca, Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 5: 49 (1793), orth. var.
- Castalia Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König et Sims) 2: 71 (1805).
- Nymphea Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 354 (1808), orth. var.
- Leuconymphaea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 11 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Ondinea Hartog, Blumea 18: 413 (1970).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna (extinct), Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (extinct), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (introduced).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius (introduced), Madagascar, Seychelles (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria (introduced), Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South (introduced).
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado (introduced), Idaho, Montana, Oregon (introduced), Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah (introduced).
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico (introduced), Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South (introduced), Paraguay, Uruguay.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 150. Reference page.

Additional references

de Lima, C.T., Machado, I.C. & Giulietti, A M. 2021. Nymphaeaceae of Brasil. Sitientibus Série Ciências Biológicas 21: 17. DOI: 10.13102/scb4986 PDF Portugese Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 17 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan. 2024.
Nymphaea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nymphaea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07 February 2009.

Vernacular names

العربية: زنبق الماء
مصرى: لوتس
azərbaycanca: Suzanbağı
башҡортса: Аҡ томбойоҡ
беларуская: Гарлачык
български: Водна лилия
Banjar: Talépok
čeština: Leknín
dansk: Nøkkerose
Deutsch: Seerosen
dolnoserbski: Wutka
Ελληνικά: Νούφαρο
English: Waterlily
Esperanto: Nimfeo
español: Nenúfar
eesti: Vesiroos
فارسی: نیلوفر آبی
suomi: Lumpeet
français: Nymphéa
עברית: נימפאה
hornjoserbsce: Bónčawa
magyar: Tündérrózsa
հայերեն: Ջրաշուշան
Bahasa Indonesia: Teratai
italiano: Ninfea
日本語: スイレン属
Jawa: Kembang Teraté
ქართული: დუმფარა
қазақша: Тұңғиық
kurdî: Nîlûfer
lietuvių: Vandens lelija
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြာ
norsk bokmål: Hvite nøkkeroser
Nederlands: Waterlelie
ирон: Дурындзæг
polski: Grzybienie
русский: Кувшинка
slovenčina: Lekno
slovenščina: Lokvanj
српски / srpski: Локвањ
Seeltersk: Poapske
Sunda: Taraté
svenska: Näckrossläktet
తెలుగు: నింఫియా
ไทย: สกุลบัวสาย
lea faka-Tonga: Lilevai
українська: Латаття
Tiếng Việt: Chi Súng
中文: 睡莲属
中文（简体）: 睡莲属

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