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Nymphaea (water lily)

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Taxonomy
Nymphaea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Nymphaea Linnaeus
1959Nymphaea Brown p. 128
1976Nymphaea Lakhanpal et al.
1991Nymphaea Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
orderNymphaealesSalisbury 1820
familyNymphaeaceaeSalisbury 1805
genusNymphaea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nymphaea Linnaeus 1753 [water lily]
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Nymphaea alba Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea leei Brown 1962
Nymphaea nouchali Burman 1768
Nymphaea pulchella Brown 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available