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Genus: Nymphaea (waterlilies)
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Order: Nymphaeales
> Family: Nymphaeaceae
About 40 species worldwide (cosmopolitan), with three species
native to southern Africa and one naturalised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Nymphaea lotus |
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Nymphaea maculata
Native to West Africa and Central Africa, extending as far south as
Zimbabwe. |
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Nymphaea nouchali
(Blue waterlily) |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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