Nymphaea gigantea

Nymphaea gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Anecphya
Species: Nymphaea gigantea

Name

Nymphaea gigantea Hook. Bot. Mag. 78: t. 4647 (1852)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Castalia gigantea (Hook.) Britten, J. Bot. 26:9. 1888
  • Leuconymphaea gigantea (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 1:11. 1891
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. normalis Domin, Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 658. 1926 nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. alba Bentham & Müller, 1852
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. candida Domin, (1926) Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 658.
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. hudsonii (Anon.) K.C.Landon, (1978) Phytologia 40: 439.
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. alba (Bentham & Müller) K.C.Landon Phytologia 40: 441. 1978. nom. inval.
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. hudsoniana F. Henkel et al., Das Buch der Nymphaeaceen oder Seerosengewächse 65. 1907.
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. hudsonii Anon., Gard. World 20:756. 1903.
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. media F. Henkel et al., Das Buch der Nymphaeaceen oder Seerosengewächse 65. 1907
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. neorosea K.C.Landon, Phytologia 40: 441. 1978.
  • Victoria fitzroyana Loud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Australasia' Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1852. 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. LXXVIII [= Vol. VIII of the third series.] pp. 4623–4688. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Nymphaea gigantea Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 27 June 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Nymphaea gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 27 June 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Nymphaea gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 27 June 2023.
• World Flora Online (WFO) (2023) Nymphaea gigantea. Published on the Internet. Accessed: 27 June 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. Nymphaea gigantea. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 27 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Giant waterlily
中文: 巨睡莲

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