Nymphaea alba

Nymphaea alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Nymphaea
Sectio: N. sect. Nymphaea
Species: Nymphaea alba
Subspecies: N. a. subsp. alba – N. a. subsp. candida – N. a. subsp. occidentalis

Name

Nymphaea alba L., 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Castalia alba (L.) Wood, Cycl. (Rees) 6(2): Castalia 2. 1806.
  • Castalia alba (L.) Greene, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 85. 1888, comb. superfl.
  • Castalia speciosa Salisb, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2(1): 72. 1805, nom. illeg.
  • Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11. 1891.
  • Nymphaea officinalis Gater., Pl. Montaub. 99. 1789, nom. illeg.

Notes

• Hybrids
  • Nymphaea × laydekeri André
• Infraspecific hybrids
  • Nymphaea × borealis E.G.Camus, J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 103. 1898, represent the hybrid between subsp. alba and subsp. candida.

• Homonyms
  • Nymphaea alba Walter (1788) = Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata
  • Nymphaea alba Nutt. (1818) = Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersema & Hellq.
  • Nymphaea alba Patrin ex Bunge (1830) = Nymphaea alba subsp. candida (C.Presl) Korshinsky
  • Nymphaea alba Turcz. (1842) = Nymphaea alba subsp. candida (C.Presl) Korshinsky

References

• Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 510.

Vernacular names

dansk: Hvid Nøkkerose
Deutsch: Weiße Seerose
English: European White Waterlily, White Lotus, Nenuphar
français: Nénuphar blanc
Nederlands: Witte waterlelie
português: Ninfeia branca
русский: Кувшинка белая
suomi: Isolumme
svenska: Vit näckros
Türkçe: Beyaz nilüfer
中文: 白睡蓮,歐洲白睡蓮

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