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).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• 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.

Additional references

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

Links

• 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.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
svenska: Golfnäckros

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