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Nymphaea caerulea  Savigny
Taxonomic Serial No.: 506589

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.
 
  Common Name(s): Egyptian lotus [English]
 
       
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderNymphaeanae   
                         OrderNymphaeales   
                            FamilyNymphaeaceae  – water lilies  
                               GenusNymphaea L. – waterlily, water lily  
                                  SpeciesNymphaea caerulea Savigny – Egyptian lotus  
       

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  Source: Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, 2024, database (version 2024-)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Wagner, W. L. and N. R. Khan. 2024-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/ [date accessed: February 26, 2024]   
  Reference for: Nymphaea caerulea   
       
  Source: Nymphaeaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Nymphaea caerulea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Nymphaea caerulea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Nymphaea caerulea   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: 'Lumping Nymphaea caerulea and N. capensis into N. nouchali is a vast oversimplification, done by Verdcourt for the Flora of Tropical East Africa based entirely on herbarium study. I accept all three of these as distinct species. Certainly the Asian N. nouchali is in need of in-depth study to determine its elements in tropical Asia and whether or not it has any presence in Africa and Madagascar, but these other two species would not be its closest relatives there, in any case.' (John Wiersema, pers. comm. 9/Sept/2024)  
 

 

   

 
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