Nymphaea elegans

Taxonavigation

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 elegans

Nymphaea elegans Hook., 1851.

Homotypic
- Castalia elegans (Hook.) Greene, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 85. 1888.
- Leuconymphaea elegans (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11. 1891.
Heterotypic
- Nymphaea mexicana A.Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 7. 1852, nom. illeg., non Zucc. (1832).

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America' Regional: Caribbean References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hooker, W.J. 1851. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXVII [= Vol. VII of the third series.] pp. 4554–4622. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 77: t. 4604.

Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants [1]. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea elegans. Published online. Accessed: August 10 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea elegans. 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 10. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 August 2024.

English: Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
svenska: Golfnäckros

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