Pan India Bouquets

Nymphaea alba L.

Family : Nymphaeaceae
(Water-Lily Family)
Family (Hindi name) : NEELKAMAL FAMILY (नीलकमल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Nymphaeaceae
Synonym(s) : Castalia biradiata (Sommier) Hayek; Castalia speciosa Salisb.; Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze; Nymphaea basniniana Turcz.; Nymphaea biradiata Sommier; Nymphaea erythrocarpa Hentze; Nymphaea exumbonata Rupr.; 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 splendens Hentze; Nymphaea suaveolens Dumort.; Nymphaea urceolata Hentze; Nymphaea venusta Hentze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nymphaea alba L.
Common name : Nilofar, Romanian White Waterlily, Eurpoean white water lily, White water lily
Vernacular name : Swetshaluk (Bengali); Tharo-angouba (Manipuri); Kumuda, Utpalam (Sanskrit); Neytarkilanku, Neytal, Neitharkizhangu (Tamil); Nilofar, Gule (Urdu); Brimposh (Kashmiri)
Habit : Rhizomatous auatic herb
Habitat : Cultivated and naturalized in ponds and lakes.
Flower, Fruit : April-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Europe to West Himalaya, North-West Africa
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Europe to West Himalaya, North-West Africa, Bangladesh, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China Southeast, India, Myanmar, New Zealand North, New Zealand South
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 71
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Nymphaea alba. Downloaded on 25 March 2023.

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