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:
Varieties: N. l. var. lotus – N. l. var. thermalis

Nymphaea lotus L. (1753)

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

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

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

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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. Reference page.
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].