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Nymphaeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. The family is also called the water lily family. The white water lily is the national flower of Bangladesh. It is also the birth flower for July. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ...
Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. ...
Families Cabombaceae - fanworts Nymphaeaceae - water lilies The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, including two families of aquatic herbs: Family Nymphaeaceae (waterlily family) Family Cabombaceae (fanwort family) Sometimes the Cabombaceae are included within the Nymphaeaceae. ...
A botanical name is a formal name conforming to the ICBN. As with its zoological and bacterial equivalents it may also be called a scientific name. Botanical names may be in one part (genus and above), two parts (species) or three parts (below the rank of species). ...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...
Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria. Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland For the American hard rock band, see SOiL. For the System of a Down song, see Soil (song). ...
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Species About 50 species, including: Nymphaea alba- European White Water-lily Nymphaea amazonium Nymphaea ampla Nymphaea blanda Nymphaea caerulea- Egyptian Blue Water-lily Nymphaea calliantha Nymphaea candida Nymphaea capensis- Cape Blue Water-lily Nymphaea citrina Nymphaea colorata Nymphaea elegans Nymphaea fennica Nymphaea flavovirens Nymphaea gardneriana Nymphaea gigantea- Australian Water-lily...
Species About 10-15 species, including: Nuphar advena Nuphar japonica Nuphar kalmiana Nuphar lutea- Yellow Water-lily Nuphar microphylla Nuphar orbiculata Nuphar polysepala Nuphar pumila- Least Water-lily Nuphar rubrodisca Nuphar saggitifolia Nuphar shimadae Nuphar ulvacea Nuphar variegata Nuphar is genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a...
Species Victoria amazonica (Poepp. ...
Horticulturally, water lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either day or night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.
Water lilies can be fragrant (for example Nymphaea odorata). There are hundreds of variations of a common water lily.
Water lilies were depicted by the French artist Claude Monet in a series of paintings. Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein...
Taxonomy The genus Barclaya is sometimes given rank as its own family Barclayaceae on the basis of an extended perianth tube (combined sepals and petals) arising from the top of the ovary and by stamens that are joined basally. But recent work lends weight to keeping it in the Nymphaeaceae. Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ...
For the petals of chakras, see Petal (chakra). ...
// For ovary as part of plants see ovary (plants) An ovary is an egg-producing reproductive organ found in female organisms. ...
Flower of the spider tree (Crateva religiosa) with its numerous conspicuous stamens The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ...
In the past Nymphaeaceae often have been treated to include Cabombaceae and Nelumbonaceae but these are now generally segregated. Genera Brasenia Cabomba Cabombaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 7 species in 2 genera. ...
Species Nelumbo lutea (American Lotus) Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus) Nelumbo is a genus of water flowers commonly known as lotus, the only genus in the family Nelumbonaceae, superficially similar to but unrelated to the water-lilies of the family Nymphaeaceae. ...
Genera genera see text Nymphaeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. ...
Species About 10-15 species, including: Nuphar advena Nuphar japonica Nuphar kalmiana Nuphar lutea- Yellow Water-lily Nuphar microphylla Nuphar orbiculata Nuphar polysepala Nuphar pumila- Least Water-lily Nuphar rubrodisca Nuphar saggitifolia Nuphar shimadae Nuphar ulvacea Nuphar variegata Nuphar is genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a...
Species About 50 species, including: Nymphaea alba- European White Water-lily Nymphaea amazonium Nymphaea ampla Nymphaea blanda Nymphaea caerulea- Egyptian Blue Water-lily Nymphaea calliantha Nymphaea candida Nymphaea capensis- Cape Blue Water-lily Nymphaea citrina Nymphaea colorata Nymphaea elegans Nymphaea fennica Nymphaea flavovirens Nymphaea gardneriana Nymphaea gigantea- Australian Water-lily...
Species Victoria amazonica (Poepp. ...
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Species Nelumbo lutea (American Lotus) Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus) Nelumbo is a genus of water flowers commonly known as lotus, the only genus in the family Nelumbonaceae, superficially similar to but unrelated to the water-lilies of the family Nymphaeaceae. ...
Genera Barclaya Wall. ...
Gallery A bee pollinating a water lily Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
| A painting of water lilies by Claude Monet. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 638 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (943 × 886 pixel, file size: 191 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A painting of Water Lilies by Claude Monet. ...
| Water lily at Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 669 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1227 × 1100 pixel, file size: 549 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Edit of User:GarrettRocks image Bluewaterlily. ...
Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area (4,700 acres) is a nonprofit recreation area with botanical gardens, located on US 171 near Many, Louisiana (the actual location is between to Hornbeck and Florien), USA, approximately halfway between Shreveport and Lake Charles. ...
| Water lilies in Mombasa, Kenya. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 397 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Water lilies at Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. ...
Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean. ...
| A woman standing on the large lilypad of a victoria water lily. A piece of wood has been placed atop the leaf to distribute her weight. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
| Tropical water lily in Malaysia. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 633 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License v. ...
| Water lily from India
Taken at Auroville, Pondicherry, India Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 397 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Water lilies at Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. ...
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| Water lilies at the Schonbrunn in Wien Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ...
Schönbrunn Palace, as seen from the gardens The Schönbrunn Palace near Vienna is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and since the 1860s has also been one of the major tourist attractions in Vienna. ...
Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria. ...
| A pink water lily in Sydney, Australia. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 686 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,134 × 991 pixels, file size: 810 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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References - The genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 40: 94-112.
External links - NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- Phylogenetic analysis of the order Nymphaeales based on the nucleotide sequences of the chloroplast
- Flora of North America
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