Nymphaea elegans

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

Name

Nymphaea elegans Hook., 1851.

Synonyms

• 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).

References

• Hooker, W.J. 1851. Bot. Mag. 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.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
svenska: Golfnäckros

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