Victoria amazonica

Victoria amazonica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Victoria
Species: Victoria amazonica

Name

Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C.Sowerby, 1850.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Euryale amazonica Poepp. Reise in Chile, Peru 2: 432. 1836.

• Homotypic
  • Anneslea amazonica (Poepp.) C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 3: 533. 1845.

• Heterotypic
  • Anneslea brasiliana (Steud.) C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 3: 533. 1845.
  • Euryale brasiliana Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 [Steudel] 1: 617. 1840.
  • Nymphaea victoria Schomb. ex Lindl., Monog. 3. 1837, nom. inval.
  • Nymphaea regina Schomb. ex Lindl., Monog. 3. 1837, nom. inval.
  • Victoria regalis Schomb., Mag. Zool. & Bot. 11: t. 12. 1837.
  • Victoria regia Lindl., Monog. 3. 1837; Bot. Reg. Misc. 9. 1838.
  • Victoria regia var. randii Conard, Stand. Cycl. Hort. (L.H.Bailey) 6: 3468. 1917, pro syn., nom. inval.
  • Victoria reginae Hook., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 314, in nota. 1850.
  • Victoria regina J.E.Gray, Mag. Zool. & Bot. II. p. iv. 1837.

References

• Sowerby, J.C. 1850. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 6: 310.
• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 5 Feb 2009 [1].
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 5 Febr 2009 [2].

Vernacular names

English: Amazon waterlily, royal waterlily
svenska: Jättenäckros

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