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Victoria amazonica has very large leaves (and commonly called "pads" or "lily pads"), up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter, that float on the water's surface on a submerged stalk , 7–8 m (23–26 ft) in length, rivaling the length of the green anaconda, a snake local to its habitat. These leaves are enormously buoyant if the weight is distributed ...
The Maya began to use water lily iconography depicted on stelae, monumental architecture, murals, and in hieroglyphic writing. [35] Even in Maya settlements like Palenque , where the main water supplies were springs and flowing streams (places where water lilies cannot grow), the flowers were prevalent in their iconographic records.
Complete specimen of Nymphaea cf. gardneriana Planch. with several floating leaves, as well as submerged leaves with scale bar (50 cm) on a white background Complete specimen of Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. with scale bar (50 cm) on a white background Rhizome of Nymphaea gigantea "Albert De Lestang" with scale bar (5 cm) against a grey background Seeds of Nymphaea alba with ...
The up to 25 cm wide, nocturnal, [10] thermogenic, [11] solitary, [2] actinomorphic, chasmogamous, protogynous flowers [5] have prickly pedicels with 4 primary and 8 secondary air canals. [2]
The genus name refers to their resemblance to the water lily Nymphaea. Nymphoides are aquatic plants with submerged roots and floating leaves that hold the small flowers above the water surface. Flowers are sympetalous, most often divided into five lobes (petals). The petals are either yellow or white, and may be adorned with lateral wings or ...
Nymphoides peltata (syn. Villarsia nymphaeoides, Limnanthemum peltatum S.G. Gmel., Nymphoides nymphaeoides (L.) Britton, fringed water lily, yellow floating heart, floating heart, water fringe, entire marshwort) is perennial, rooted aquatic plant with floating leaves of the family Menyanthaceae.
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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).