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Nymphaea alba

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Nymphaea alba

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Also known as white water-lily

species of plant

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Nymphaea alba, commonly known as the white water-lily, is a species of plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It belongs to the genus Nymphaea and is classified within the order Nymphaeales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is accepted under the authority L. and serves as the nomenclatural type for the genus. It produces a capsule as its fruit type and inhabits freshwater environments.

The taxon range includes China, Fujian, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2014. Other common names for this species include Weiße Seerose, Ağ suzanbağı, and Гарлачык белы.

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Species

Least Concern

Nymphaea alba

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderNymphaeales
  5. FamilyNymphaeaceae
Habitatfreshwater
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark
Observations recorded117,171

Chile Central

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,460
With media
1,330
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Collections
VT, CAS, OBI, CMN, HSC, MEL
Recorded in
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Romania, Czechia, Germany
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Nymphaea
Image
Nymphaea alba in Duisburg.jpg
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taxon name
Nymphaea alba
Commons category
Nymphaea alba
taxon rank
species
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Nymphaea alba
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25429
taxon common name
beli lokvanj
has fruit type
capsule
taxon range
Tibet Autonomous Region
short name
N. alba
taxon author citation
L.
nomenclatural type of
Nymphaea
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Encyclopedic overview

Nymphaea alba – commonly called the white water lily, European white water lily, or white nenuphar (/ˈnɛnjʊfɑːr/ NEN-yuu-far) – 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 Nymphaea 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.

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