Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton
Nuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton
Nuphar advena is a North American native perennial aquatic herb with edible parts grown as an ornamental.
Nuphar lutea (L.) Sibth. & Sm.
Nuphar lutea (L.) Sibth. & Sm.
Nuphar lutea is an aquatic perennial herb that grows in shallow waterbodies and is used as food.
Nuphar polysepala Engelm.
Nuphar polysepala Engelm.
Nuphar polysepala is a native North American aquatic herb with edible seeds and traditional medicinal uses.
Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex Durand
Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex Durand
Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex Durand is a perennial rhizomatous aquatic herb that grows in slow to moving fresh water up to 2 m deep.
Nymphaea alba L.
Nymphaea alba L.
Nymphaea alba L., the white water lily, is an aquatic flowering plant with edible and medicinal uses native to Eurasia and North Africa.
Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC.
Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC.
Nymphaea ampla is a perennial aquatic waterlily with diurnal fragrant flowers that grows in still or slow open freshwater habitats.
Nymphaea candida C.Presl
Nymphaea candida C.Presl
Nymphaea candida is an aquatic perennial herb from Eurasia grown as an ornamental water garden plant.
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.fil.
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.fil.
Nymphaea nouchali is an aquatic water lily used for decoration, medicine, and food across parts of Asia, Australia, and Africa.
Nymphaea odorata Sol. ex Aiton
Nymphaea odorata Sol. ex Aiton
Nymphaea odorata, fragrant water-lily, has floating leaves and fragrant flowers, with edible and medicinal parts.
Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andr.
Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andr.
Nymphaea rubra is an aquatic waterlily with edible parts suitable for aquarium cultivation, found in still and moving freshwater bodies.
Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey.
Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey.
Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey. is a water lily species with dentate-margined floating leaves, used for food and medicine by local peoples.
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. is a rhizomatous aquatic perennial herb that produces yellow flowers and grows in calm or slow moving fresh and brackish water.
Nymphaea elegans Hook.
Nymphaea elegans Hook.
Nymphaea elegans Hook. is an aquatic flowering plant used for medicine and food, with distinct leaf and flower traits.
Nymphaea lotus L.
Nymphaea lotus L.
Nymphaea lotus L. is a rhizomatous perennial aquatic herb with edible tubers and seeds, native to East Africa and Southeast Asia.
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi
Nymphaea tetragona is an aquatic waterlily species with floating white flowers, native to boreal northern regions across multiple continents.
Nymphaea pulchella DC.
Nymphaea pulchella DC.
Nymphaea pulchella DC. is an aquatic waterlily species with diurnal flowers that reproduces mainly through autogamous generative reproduction.
Nymphaea gigantea Hook.
Nymphaea gigantea Hook.
Nymphaea gigantea Hook. is the Australian giant waterlily, an aquatic edible plant with large floating leaves and big flowers.
Nuphar pumila (Timm) DC.
Nuphar pumila (Timm) DC.
Nuphar pumila is a perennial aquatic herb cultivated as an ornamental, native across Eurasia.
Nuphar sagittifolia (Walter) Pursh
Nuphar sagittifolia (Walter) Pursh
Nuphar sagittifolia is a perennial heterophyllous aquatic herb found in acidic coastal plain water bodies.
Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Sowerby
Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Sowerby
Victoria amazonica is the world’s second-largest waterlily, native to northern South American river basins, cultivated in botanical gardens globally.
Victoria cruziana A.D.Orb.
Victoria cruziana A.D.Orb.
Victoria cruziana A.D.Orb. is a large-leaved giant waterlily grown in water gardens that is thermogenetic and attracts specific pollinating beetles.
Euryale ferox Salisb. ex K.D.Koenig & Sims
Euryale ferox Salisb. ex K.D.Koenig & Sims
Euryale ferox is an edible aquatic perennial native to Asia, widely cultivated in India for its nutritious seeds called fox nut or makhana.
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