Nuphar japonica

Nuphar japonica
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
Binomial name
Nuphar japonica
DC., 1821
Synonyms
List
  • Nymphaea japonica (DC.) G.Lawson
  • Nymphozanthus japonicus (DC.) Fernald
  • Nuphar japonica var. crenata Casp.
  • Nuphar japonica subvar. lutea Casp.
  • Nuphar japonica f. rubrotincta (Casp.) Kitam.
  • Nuphar japonica var. rubrotincta (Casp.) Ohwi
  • Nuphar japonica subvar. rubrotincta Casp.
  • Nuphar japonica var. stenophylla Miki
  • Nuphar subintegerrima f. rubrotincta (Casp.) Makino

Nuphar japonica, known as East Asian yellow water-lily, is a perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous, herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Japan, Korea, and Russia.

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.