Nymphaea lotus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Lotos
Species: Nymphaea lotus
Varieties: N. l. var. lotus – N. l. var. thermalis

Name

Nymphaea lotus L. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt., Flora 5: 598 (1822).
- Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891).

Hybrids

N. × rosea

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa'
- - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Florida, Guyana, Louisiana, Mauritius, Panamá, Seychelles, Society Is., Venezuela

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: 511. Reference page.

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea lotus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea lotus. Published online. Accessed: August 11 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea lotus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea lotus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 August 2024.
Nymphaea lotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
African Flowering Plants Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, Retrieved 5 febr 2009 from [1].

Vernacular names

العربية: زنبق الماء المصري الأبيض
català: Lotus egipci
čeština: Leknín posvátný
Deutsch: Tigerlotus
English: Egyptian White Water-lily
español: Lirio de agua egipcio, loto tigre, nenúfar blanco egipcio
suomi: Tiikerilumme
français: Lotus tigré
hornjoserbsce: Egyptowska lotoska
日本語: ヨザキスイレン
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြာဖြူပန်း
polski: Grzybienie egipskie
português: loto-sagrado-do-egito, lótus-sagrado-do-egito
slovenčina: Lekno egyptské
svenska: Egyptisk vitlotus

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