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Nymphaea tetragona
Georgi
Family
:
Nymphaeaceae
(Water-Lily Family)
Family (Hindi name)
: NEELKAMAL FAMILY (नीलकमल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III)
:
Nymphaeaceae
Synonym(s)
: Castalia crassifolia Hand.-Mazz.; Castalia pygmaea Salisb.; Castalia rudgeana Tratt.; Castalia tetragona (Georgi) G.Lawson; Leuconymphaea tetragona (Georgi) Kuntze; Nymphaea crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Nakai; Nymphaea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Nymphaea fennica Mela; Nymphaea pygmaea (Salisb.) W.T.Aiton; Nymphaea tetragona var. crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.C.Chu; Nymphaea tetragona var. minima (Nakai) W.Lee; Nymphaea tetragona var. wenzelii (Maack ex Regel) Vorosch.; Nymphaea wenzelii Maack ex Regel
Species Name
(as per The IPNI)
:
Nymphaea tetragona
Common name
: Red pygmy water-lily
Habit
: Auatic herb
Habitat
: Shallow ponds, altitude of about 1200-1800 m.
Flower, Fruit
: July-September
Distribution
:
Uttarakhand
: Uttarakhand
Native
: North Europe to Korea and Himalaya, Subarctic America to North-West U.S.A.
Exotic/Native
: Native
World Distribution
: North Europe to Korea and Himalaya, Subarctic America to North-West U.S.A.
Literature
: Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 72
Citation
: Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets.
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