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It is the newest described species of the genus and its largest member in size and was officially identified in 2022. [3] In January 2023, the species was awarded three Guinness World Record titles for world's largest waterlily species, world's largest waterlily leaf and world's largest undivided leaf, with the latter two specifically ...
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] The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. [2] [6]
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.
The largest waterlily species in the world has been discovered after a case of mistaken identity that saw it hide in plain sight for 177 years. Scientists discover a new giant waterlily that was ...
The Kew Herbarium (herbarium code: K) is one of the world's largest and most historically significant herbaria, housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, England. Established in the 1850s on the ground floor of Hunter House, it has grown to maintain approximately seven million preserved plant specimens, including 330,000 type specimens .
The world's smallest water-lily, Nymphaea thermarum, was saved from extinction when it was grown from seed at Kew, in 2009. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] In 2022, Kew Gardens scientists identified a new species of Victoria waterlily, Victoria boliviana , that had been growing at the Gardens for over 170 years.
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 ...
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 ...