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Victoria or giant waterlily [4] is a genus of aquatic herbs in the plant family Nymphaeaceae. [5] Its leaves have a remarkable size: Victoria boliviana produces leaves up to 3.2 metres (10 ft) in width. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia, and possibly New Guinea, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere.
Victoria boliviana, or the Bolivian waterlily [2] is a species of aquatic plant within the genus Victoria in the family Nymphaeaceae. [1] It is the newest described species of the genus and its largest member in size and was officially identified in 2022. [3]
Flowering Barclaya longifolia specimen, Thailand Flower of Victoria cruziana, Santa Cruz water lily Flowering Euryale ferox specimen cultivated in the Botanischer Garten Berlin-Dahlem, Germany Flowering and fruiting Nuphar variegata specimen. Nymphaeaceae (/ ˌ n ɪ m f i ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of flowering plants, commonly ...
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Giant lily is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Victoria amazonica , a water lily native to the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin Cardiocrinum giganteum , a lily native to the Himalayas, China, and Myanmar