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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 Latin mythology .
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 ...
The Rutherford model is a name for the first model of an atom with a compact nucleus. The concept arose from Ernest Rutherford discovery of the nucleus. Rutherford directed the Geiger–Marsden experiment in 1909, which showed much more alpha particle recoil than J. J. Thomson's plum pudding model of the atom could explain. Thomson's model had ...
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).
The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, consisting of three families of aquatic plants, the Hydatellaceae, the Cabombaceae, and the Nymphaeaceae (water lilies). It is one of the three orders of basal angiosperms, an early-diverging grade of flowering plants. At least 10 morphological characters unite the Nymphaeales. [3]
A molecular model is a physical model of an atomistic system that represents molecules and their processes. They play an important role in understanding chemistry and generating and testing hypotheses .
The plum pudding model was the first scientific model of the atom to describe an internal structure. It was first proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1904 following his discovery of the electron in 1897, and was rendered obsolete by Ernest Rutherford 's discovery of the atomic nucleus in 1911.
Nymphaea odorata, also known as the American white waterlily, [3] fragrant water-lily, [4] beaver root, fragrant white water lily, white water lily, sweet-scented white water lily, and sweet-scented water lily, [5] is an aquatic plant belonging to the genus Nymphaea.