Nymphaea Linnaeus. Common name: Waterlily.
A genus of about 50 species, aquatic herbs, cosmopolitan. Subgeneric classification follows Borsch et al. (2017).
References: Borsch et al. (2014); Borsch et al. (2017); Schneider & Williamson In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Wiersema (1997b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Woods et al. (2005a); Woods et al. (2005b). Show full citations.
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