Nymphaea odorata

Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata

Nymphaea odorata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Classis: Unassigned Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: N. subg. Nymphaea
Sectio: N. sect. Nymphaea
Species: Nymphaea odorata
Subspecies: N. o. subsp. odorata – N. o. subsp. tuberosa

Name

Nymphaea odorata Aiton (1789), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Castalia odorata (Aiton) Wood in A.Rees, Cycl. 6: n.° 7 (1806)
  • Leuconymphaea odorata (Aiton) MacMill. in Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 228 (1892)

Hybrids

N. × colossea

Notes

• Nymphaea × caroliniana Latour-Marliac ex André, 1900. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 476, represent hybrids between subsp. odorata and subsp. tuberosa.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America' Regional: Eastern & Central USA Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Canada Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan Continental:Southern America' Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Delaware, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Introduced into: Arizona, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Germany, Guyana, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Utah, Washington References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. : 2: 227.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nymphaea odorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nymphaea odorata. Published online. Accessed: August 12 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Nymphaea odorata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Nymphaea odorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 August 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wohlriechende Seerose
English: Fragrant Water Lily, Beaver Root
svenska: Doftnäckros

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