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Several fossil species are known, ... Lily pads floating on Matkusjoki River in Iisalmi, Finland. Water lily at Sambalpur. Water Lilies, 1920-1926, Musée de l'Orangerie.
Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, [3] and some are weeds. [4] Plants of the genus are known commonly as water lilies, [3] [5] or waterlilies in the United Kingdom. The genus name is from the Greek νυμφαία, nymphaia and the Latin nymphaea, which means "water lily" and were inspired by the nymphs of Greek and ...
[15] [2] The type species is Victoria regina R.H.Schomb. [3] The genus has two synonyms, both published within the same year with the same name: Victoria Lindl. published by John Lindley in October 1837 and Victoria J. E. Gray published by John Edward Gray in December 1837. [2] There is however disagreement over the correct taxon authority. [16]
Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the second largest in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the lilytrotter's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower") in Inca (Quechua). Its native region is tropical South America, specifically Guyana and the Amazon Basin.
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A lily pad is the leaf of flowering plants of the Nymphaeaceae family, commonly called water lilies. Lily pad may also refer to: Lily pads, a name for the Cooperative Security Location of U.S. worldwide military facilities; A lily pad network for wireless networking; Lilypad may refer to: LilyPad, an Arduino microcontroller board
Nymphaea alba, the white waterlily, European white water lily or white nenuphar / ˈ n ɛ nj ʊ f ɑːr /, is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir).
Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, brandy-bottle, or spadderdock, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.