Nymphaea nouchali

Nymphaea nouchali

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: N. nouchali
Varietates: N. n. var. caerulea – N. n. var. mutandaensis – N. n. var. nouchali – N. n. var. ovalifolia – N. n. var. petersiana – N. n. var. versicolor – N. n. var. zanzibariensis

Name

Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. (1768)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia' Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Fiji, Florida, Mauritius, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Society Is., Tubuai Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Burman, N.L. 1768. Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non prodromus florae capensis. pp. [i–vii], [1]–241 [242 = Elenchus tabularum] [1–17], [1] 1*, 2–28, 25 [bis]–28 [bis], pls 1–21, 21*, 22–67. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud Cornelium Haek, apud Johannem Schreuderum. BHL Reference page. : 120.

Additional references

• (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jnsfsr.v45i3.8194. epublication.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea nouchali 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 nouchali. Published online. Accessed: August 11 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea nouchali. 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 nouchali. 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].
• eFloras Madagascar Catalogue [2].
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nymphaea nouchali in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07 February 2009.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: সাদা শাপলা
suomi: Tähtilumme
தமிழ்: வெள்ளை அல்லி

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