Accepted scientific name:
Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Synonyms:
Castalia scutifolia Salisb. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Castalia scutifolia Salisb.
Castalia stellaris Salisb. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Castalia stellaris Salisb.
Castalia stellata Bl. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Castalia stellata Bl.
Leuconymphaea stellata Kuntze (synonym) 1 literature reference for Leuconymphaea stellata Kuntze
Nymphaea abbreviata Guill. & Perr. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea abbreviata Guill. & Perr.
Nymphaea ampla Kotschy ex Casp. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea ampla Kotschy ex Casp.
Nymphaea cahlara Donn (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea cahlara Donn
Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea cyanea Roxb.
Nymphaea cyanea Roxb., G. Don (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea cyanea Roxb., G. Don
Nymphaea discolor Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea discolor Lehm.
Nymphaea edgeworthii Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea edgeworthii Lehm.
Nymphaea engleri Gilg (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea engleri Gilg
Nymphaea hookeriana Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea hookeriana Lehm.
Nymphaea magnifica Conard (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea magnifica Conard
Nymphaea magnifica Gilg (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea magnifica Gilg
Nymphaea malabarica Poir. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea malabarica Poir.
Nymphaea membranacea Wall. ex Casp. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea membranacea Wall. ex Casp.
Nymphaea mildbraedii Gilg (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea mildbraedii Gilg
Nymphaea muschleriana Gilg (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea muschleriana Gilg
Nymphaea nelsonii Burtt Davy (synonym)
Nymphaea petersiana Klotzsch (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea petersiana Klotzsch
Nymphaea poecila Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea poecila Lehm.
Nymphaea pseudopygmaea Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea pseudopygmaea Lehm.
Nymphaea punctata Edgew. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea punctata Edgew.
Nymphaea radiata Bercht. & Opiz (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea radiata Bercht. & Opiz
Nymphaea rhodantha Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea rhodantha Lehm.
Nymphaea scutifolia DC. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea scutifolia DC.
Nymphaea semisterilis Lehm. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea semisterilis Lehm.
Nymphaea spectabilis Gilg (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea spectabilis Gilg
Nymphaea sumatrana Miq. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea sumatrana Miq.
Nymphaea voalefoka Latour-Marliac (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nymphaea voalefoka Latour-Marliac
Infraspecific taxon: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) B. Verdcourt
Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis B. Verdcourt
Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia (Conard.) Verdc.
Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc.
Nymphaea nouchali var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) comb. ined.
Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) B. Verdcourt
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Blue Lotos - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Nymphaeales CoL
Family Nymphaeaceae World Plants
Genus Nymphaea World Plants
Distribution: Java, Fiji (introduced), peninsular Malaysia, China (Yunnan), Taiwan, Thailand, Society Isl. (introduced) (Tahiti (introduced), Raiatea (introduced), Tahaa(introduced)), Cuba (introduced), Andamans, Nicobars, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Shan, Yangon), India (widespread in the plains), Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines (Luzon to Mindanao), New Guinea, Nepal, Pakistan (Sind, Lahore, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi), Mauritius (introduced), Seychelles (introduced), Gambia, Benin, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Congo, Cabinda, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Lifezones: -
Additional data: subgenus Brachyceras
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:292eceb2-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401