Nymphaea amazonum

Nymphaea amazonum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis
Species: Nymphaea amazonum

Name

Nymphaea amazonum Mart. & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 363 (1829–1830 publ. 1832).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nymphaea blanda f. amazonum (Mart. & Zucc.) Planch., J. Gén. Hort. 11: 21 (1856).
  • Nymphaea rudgeana var. amazonum (Mart. & Zucc.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 12 (1859).
  • Leuconymphaea amazonum (Mart. & Zucc.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891).
  • Castalia amazonum (Mart. & Zucc.) Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 305 (1924).
• Heterotypic
  • Nymphaea alboviridis A.St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 426 (1833).
  • Nymphaea goudotiana Planch., Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 2: 66 (1853).
    • Nymphaea amazonum f. goudotiana (Planch.) Casp. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(2): 169 (1878).
    • Leuconymphaea goudotiana (Planch.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891).
    • Nymphaea amazonum var. goudotiana (Planch.) Conard, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 4: 204 (1905).
  • Nymphaea blanda Hook., Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4823 (1854), nom. illeg.
  • Nymphaea nocturna March ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4823 (1854).
  • Nymphaea integrifolia Salzm. ex Planch., J. Gén. Hort. 11: 21 (1856).
  • Nymphaea foetida Gardner ex Planch., J. Gén. Hort. 11: 21 (1856).
  • Nymphaea amazonum var. forma-submersa Sagot, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 11: 142 (1881).

Homonyms

• Nymphaea amazonum Casp. (1878) = Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. von & Zuccarini, J.G. 1832. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 363.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea amazonum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea amazonum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea amazonum. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Nymphaea amazonum. Accessed: 16 Mar 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nymphaea amazonum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07 February 2009.

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