Nymphaea micrantha

Nymphaea micrantha

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 micrantha

Name

Nymphaea micrantha Perr. & Guill., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1:16. 1831.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Nymphaea vivipara Lehm., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 8:370; Ind. Sem. Hort. Bot. Hamb. 9. 1852.

Hybrids=

• N. × daubenyana
  

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa' Regional: Central Africa Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger Regional: Western Africa Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo Introduced into: Egypt References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Guillemin, J.-A., Perrottet, S. & Richard, A. 1831–1833. Florae Senegambiae Tentamen, seu historia plantarum in diversis Senegambiae regionibus a peregrinatoribus Perrottet et Leprieur detectarum. Tomus 1. XI+316 pp., [5, ind., 1, err.], 72 tt. Treuttel et Wurtz, Parisiis [Paris], Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 16.

Additional references

• Protopapas, A. 2001. The re-discovery of Nymphaea micrantha. Water Gard. J. 2001(1): 18–22.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea micrantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea micrantha. Published online. Accessed: August 11 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea micrantha. 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 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea micrantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 August 2024.
• African Flowering Plants Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 6 February 2009. [1].

Vernacular names

English: Blue Egyptian lotus
فارسی: نیلوفر آبی آفریقای غربی
français: Lotus bleu, Nénuphar à petite fleur
русский: Кувшинка мелкоцветковая
中文: 小花睡莲

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