Nuphar japonica | |
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Nuphar japonica Botanical Gardens Faculty of Science Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Nuphar |
Section: | Nuphar sect. Nuphar |
Species: | N. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Nuphar japonica DC., 1821
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Nuphar japonica, known as East Asian yellow water-lily,[2] is an aquatic plant species in the genus Nuphar found in Japan and the Korean Peninsula. It is endangered in Russia. The species was not accepted by The Plant List as of November 2013[update], which regarded it as an "unresolved name".[3]
Nuphar japonica is one of three species in the genus Nuphar that is dispersed in the same geographical location of the Saijo Basin, an area in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan.[4]