Nymphaea colorata

Nymphaea colorata

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Brachyceras
Species: Nymphaea colorata

Name edit

Nymphaea elegans Peter (1928)

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Nymphaea colorata var. parviflora Peter, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2):58, 70. 1928.

Note: edit

This species is widely accepted in the horticultural literature, but sometimes regarded as a part of the natural variation within Nymphaea nouchali, Nymphaea capensis or Nymphaea caerulea, depending on view.

References edit

  • Peter 1928. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2):58, 68, t. 16A, fig. 10.
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [1] (24 November 2010)
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