Pan India Bouquets

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. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Nymphaea tetragona. Downloaded on 25 March 2023.

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