Nymphaea lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales
Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Lotos
Species: Nymphaea lotus

Name

Nymphaea lotus L., 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt., Flora 5: 598. 1822.
  • Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11. 1891.

• Heterotypic
  • Castalia mystica Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2:73. 1805, nom. superfl.
  • Castalia thermalis Simonk., Magyar Bot. Lapok 7: 131. 1908.
  • Nymphaea acutidens Peter, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2): 68, 78. 1928, p.p.
  • Nymphaea aegyptiaca Opiz, Naturalientausch 10: 216. 1825.
  • Nymphaea dentata Schumach. & Thonn., in Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 249. 1829.
  • Nymphaea hypotricha Peter, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2): 60, 78. 1928, in clavi.
  • Nymphaea leucantha Peter, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2): 60, 76. 1928, in clavi.
  • Nymphaea liberiensis A.Chev., Fl. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 92. 1938, nom. inval.
  • Nymphaea lotus f. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson, Math. Természettud. Értes. 25(4):32, 36. 1907.
  • Nymphaea lotus var. aegyptia Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 3. 19: 33. 1853.
  • Nymphaea lotus var. dentata (Schumach. & Thonn.) G.Nicolson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2:460. 1884-1887.
  • Nymphaea lotus var. grandiflora F.Henkel & al., Das Buch der Nymphaeaceen oder Seerosengewächse 69. 1907, nom. superfl.
  • Nymphaea lotus var. monstrosa C.A.Barber, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 4: 105-115, t. 15. 1889.
  • Nymphaea lotus var. parviflora Peter, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. ser. 2, 13(2): 60. 1928, in clavi.
  • Nymphaea reichardiana F.Hoffm., Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr. 7. 1889.
  • Nymphaea thermalis DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 54. 1821, nom. illeg.
  • Nymphaea zenkeri Gilg, Waterlilies (Conard) 197, fig. 75. 1905.

Notes

• Homonyms
  • Nymphaea lotus Aubl. (1775) = Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC.

References

• African Flowering Plants Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, Retrieved 5 febr 2009 from [1].
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 511.
• The International Plant Names Index (2008). Published on the Internet [2]] [accessed 5 Febr 2009]*.
• Nymphaea lotus Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

العربية: زنبق الماء المصري الأبيض
English: Tiger Lotus, Egyptian White Water-lily
Svenska: Egyptisk vitlotus