"Nenuphar" redirects here. For the ballet, see
Nénuphar.
| European white water lily |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Order: |
Nymphaeales |
| Family: |
Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: |
Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: |
Nymphaea subg. Nymphaea |
| Section: |
Nymphaea sect. Nymphaea |
| Species: |
N. alba |
| Binomial name |
Nymphaea alba
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| Subspecies |
- Nymphaea alba subsp. alba
- Nymphaea alba subsp. occidentalis (Ostenf.) Hyl.
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| Synonyms |
Species
- Castalia alba (L.) Greene
- Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze
subsp. alba
- Castalia biradiata (Sommerauer) Hayek
- Castalia minoriflora Simonk.
- Castalia speciosa Salisb.
- Nymphaea alba var. angustata Casp.
- Nymphaea alba subsp. biradiata (Sommerauer) Hartm.
- Nymphaea alba var. biradiata (Sommerauer) Hartm.
- Nymphaea alba var. chlorocarpa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. chlorocarpa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. cincta Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. circumvallata Casp.
- Nymphaea alba f. coronata Casp.
- Nymphaea alba f. csepelensis Soó
- Nymphaea alba var. delicata Lovassy
- Nymphaea alba var. depressa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. erythrocarpa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. erythrocarpa (Hentze) Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. flava Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. froebelii Lovassy
- Nymphaea alba var. melocarpa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. minor Mérat
- Nymphaea alba var. minoriflora (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Nymphaea alba var. minoriflora (Simonk.) Graebn.
- Nymphaea alba subsp. minoriflora (Simonk.) Stucchi
- Nymphaea alba var. parvifolia Rouy & Foucaud
- Nymphaea alba var. rubra Lönnr.
- Nymphaea alba var. semiaperta Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. sphaerocarpa Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. splendens Casp.
- Nymphaea alba var. urceolata (Hentze) Casp.
- Nymphaea basniniana Turcz.
- Nymphaea biradiata Sommerauer
- Nymphaea candida f. biradiata (Sommerauer) Lindstr.
- Nymphaea erythrocarpa Hentze
- Nymphaea exumbonata Rupr.
- Nymphaea gladstoniana Lovassy
- Nymphaea kosteletzkyi Lehm.
- Nymphaea melocarpa (Casp.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Nymphaea milletii Boreau
- Nymphaea minoriflora (Simonk.) Wissjul.
- Nymphaea neglecta Hausl.
- Nymphaea officinalis Gaterau
- Nymphaea parviflora Hentze
- Nymphaea permixta Boreau
- Nymphaea polystigma E.H.L.Krause
- Nymphaea rotundifolia Hentze
- Nymphaea sphaerocarpa Hovey
- Nymphaea splendens Hentze
- Nymphaea suaveolens Dumort.
- Nymphaea urceolata Hentze
- Nymphaea venusta Hentze
subsp. occidentalis
- Nymphaea alba var. occidentalis Ostenf.
- Nymphaea occidentalis (Ostenf.) Moss
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Nymphaea alba, the white waterlily, European white water lily or white nenuphar , is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir).
Since Nymphaceae alba is an aquatic plant, its specialized trichomes are hydropotes, formed at an abaxial surface of the young leaf and packed tightly in the rosette at the rhizome's flattened apex. The rhizomes contain high amounts of carbohydrate and protein.