Nymphaea gigantea

Giant waterlily
In natural habitat in
north Queensland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Species:
N. gigantea
Binomial name
Nymphaea gigantea
Synonyms[3]
  • Castalia gigantea (Hook.) Britten
  • Leuconymphaea gigantea (Hook.) Kuntze
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. normalis Domin
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. alba Benth. & F.Muell.) K.C.Landon
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. alba Benth. & F.Muell.
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. candida Domin
  • Nymphaea gigantea f. hudsonii (Anon.) K.C.Landon
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. hudsonii Anon.
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. neorosea K.C.Landon
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. rosea Lovassy
  • Nymphaea gigantea var. serrata Domin
  • Victoria fitzroyana Loudon

Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia (and possibly New Guinea), and it has been widely cultivated elsewhere. It is an aquatic plant whose natural habitat is permanent and semi-permanent still water bodies

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