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Nymphaea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 510 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000026422.

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Synonyms of Nymphaea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Castalia Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805) wfo-4000006923
Leuconymphaea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891) wfo-4000021569
Ondinea Hartog Blumea 18: 413. 1970. wfo-4000026867

Species in Nymphaea ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Nymphaea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea alba subsp. borealis (E.G.Camus) M.H.J.van der Meer Cact. Phantast. 2019(5)-2: 4. 2019 wfo-1200009006
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea alba var. minor DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 56. 1821 [late May 1821] wfo-0001394983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea alborosea Teijsm. ex Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 101 (1867) wfo-0000381437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea andreana Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 570 (1895) wfo-0000382323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea aurora Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 569 (1895) wfo-0000382320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea bashiniana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 200. 1841 wfo-0000382335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea bella Lehm. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 9: 212 (1853) wfo-0000382340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea bissetii hort. – — wfo-0001086846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea caatingae C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 17. 2021 wfo-1000028167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea calliantha var. nelsonii Burtt Davy Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924(5): 223. 1924 wfo-1200024019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea capensis var. madagascariensis (DC.) Conard Waterlilies 157. 1905 wfo-1200024016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea crenulata Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 2, 5: 354 (1808) wfo-0000382319
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea cultorum Bergmans Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters : 358 (1924) wfo-0000382317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea dentatamagnifica Bisset. – — wfo-0001086848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea devoniensis Paxton ex Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1852(no. 28): 435, colum 2 1852 wfo-1200068963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea eburnea Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 259, 571 (1895) wfo-0000382190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea ellisiana Mottet – wfo-1000052072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea erangae Yakand., Guruge & K.Yakand. J. Natl. Sci. Found. Sri Lanka 45(4): 391. 2017 [27 Dec 2017] [epublished] wfo-1000038222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea francae C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 20. 2021 wfo-1000028168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea fulva Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 570 (1895) wfo-0000382191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea gigantea f. gigantea – – wfo-0001327124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea gigantea f. hudsonii (Author not stated) K.C.Landon Phytologia 40(5): 439. 1978 wfo-0001326130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea gigantea var. gigantea – – wfo-0001393427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea gigantea var. violacea (Lehm.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001393456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea gloriosa Mottet – wfo-1000052071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea harleyi C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 29. 2021 wfo-1000028169
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea hortorum Guillaumin Fl. Jard. 4: 56b (1936) wfo-0000382181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea immutabilis subsp. immutabilis – – wfo-0001367542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea japonica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000382173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea kakaduensis Hellq., A.Leu & M.L.Moody Telopea 24: 272. 2021 wfo-1000039953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea kewensis hort. ex W.Watson Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 2: 366 (1887) wfo-0000382139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea khurooi Sardesai & Nandikar Phytotaxa 461(3): 219. 2020 wfo-1000023772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea leydekeri Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 570 (1895) wfo-0000382064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea lucida Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 570 (1895) wfo-0000382058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea marliacea Lat.-Marl. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 33: 292 (1888) wfo-0000382074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea E.D.Sturtev. Proc. Soc. Amer. Florists 7: 122 (1891) wfo-0001381350
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea marliacea var. chromatella (Regel) E.D.Sturtev. Proc. Soc. Amer. Florists 7: 122 (1891) wfo-0001381349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea marliacea var. rosea E.D.Sturtev. – wfo-1200063554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea naccheli J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1591, sphalm. 1792 [1791 publ. late Apr-Oct 1792] wfo-0001354574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea odorata f. rubra (Guillon) Conard Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 23: 621. 1916 wfo-0001323574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea paganuccii C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 42. 2021 wfo-1000028170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea pedersenii (Wiersema) C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 45. 2021 wfo-1000028171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea rapinii C.T.Lima & Giul. Sitientibus Sér. Ci. Biol. 21: 52. 2021 wfo-1000028172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea reniformis DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 55. 1821 [late May 1821] wfo-0000382097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea robinsoniana André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1895: 259. wfo-1000035444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea rufescens Willd. ex Casp. in Jorn. Sc. Math. Lisboa n. 16 (1873) reimpr. 8. nomen. wfo-0000382106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sansibariensis Caspary ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000382108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sect. Castalia DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 49. 1821 wfo-1000040043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sect. Cyanaea DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 49. 1821 wfo-1000040041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sect. Hydrocallis Planch. Rev. Hort. (Paris) sér. 4, 2: 66. 1853 wfo-1000040048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sect. Lotos DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 49. 1821 wfo-1000040042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sect. Symphytopleura Casp. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 248. 1866 wfo-1000040038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea seigneuxii Hort.Latour-Marliac ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 258 (1895) wfo-0000382101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sturtevantii G.Nicholson – wfo-1200063555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea sturtevantii J.N.Gerard Gard. & Forest 7: 354 (-356; fig. 57). 1894 wfo-0000746842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea subgen. Brachyceras (Casp.) Conard Waterlilies 131. 1905 wfo-1200024064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea subgen. Hydrocallis (Planch.) Conard Waterlilies 200. 1905 wfo-1200024065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea subgen. Lotos (DC.) Conard Waterlilies 192. 1905 wfo-1200024066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea subsect. Brachyceras Casp. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 243. 1866 wfo-1000040039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea violacea var. violacea – – wfo-0001393484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nymphaea wezelii Maack – — wfo-0001086905