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Nymphaea lotus L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 511.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Nymphaeales
family
Nymphaeaceae
genus
Nymphaea
species
Nymphaea lotus

Name

Synonyms
Castalia edulis Salisb.
Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt.
Castalia lotus (L.) Wood
Castalia mystica Salisb.
Castalia pubescens Blume
Castalia sacra Salisb.
Castalia thermalis (DC.) Simonk.
Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze
Nymphaea acutidens Peter
Nymphaea aegyptiaca Opiz
Nymphaea boucheana Planch.
Nymphaea coteka Roxb.
Nymphaea coteka Roxb. ex Salisb.
Nymphaea dentata Schumach. & Thonn.
Nymphaea edulis (Salisb.) DC.
Nymphaea esculenta Roxb.
Nymphaea fragrantissima Welw.
Nymphaea fragrantissima Welw. ex Casp.
Nymphaea hypotricha Peter
Nymphaea leucantha Peter
Homonyms
Nymphaea lotus L.
Nymphaea lotus Aubl.
Common names
Bashneen Abyad in Arabic
Egyptian Lily in English
Egyptian Water Lily in English
Egyptian lotus in English
Egyptian lotus in English
Egyptian water-lily in English
Egyptian water-lily in English
Egyptian white water-lily in English
Egyptowska lotoska in language.
Golfão-vermelho in Portuguese
Leknín posvátný in Czech
Lotier d'egypte in French
Loto in Spanish
Lotus in Arabic
Lotus Lily in English
Lotus africano blanco in Spanish
Lotus d'Égypte in French
Lotus egipci in Catalan–Valencian
Lótus-sagrado-do-egito in Portuguese
Night Waterlily in English
Nymphée lotus, Nénufar, Nénuphar in French
Scared Lotus in English
Water Lily in English
Weiße ägyptische seerose in German
Weißer ägyptischer lotus in German
White Egyptian Lotus in English
White Egyptian lotos in language.
White Egyptian lotos in language.
White egyptian lotus in English
White egyptian lotus in English
White egyptian lotus in English
White lotus in English
White water-lily in English
Witwaterlelie in Afrikaans
amahlolwane in Zulu
bashneen abiad in Arabic
bashneen abiad in Arabic
batametundu ou m'bata-matundu in language.
dango in language.
dilula in language.
dubaba in language.
egiptuse vesiroos in Estonian
egyptisk vitlotus in Swedish
egyptisk vitlotus in Swedish
etoko in language.
evele in language.
golfão-vermelho in Portuguese
grzybienie egipskie in Polish
inongo in Kinyarwanda
itoko in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) Plants of the World Online
  2. Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis M. (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  3. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  4. Staples et al. (2003), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op74.pdf
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