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2. Victoria amazonica - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Nymphaeaceae - Wikipedia

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   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.

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5. Victoria (plant) - Wikipedia

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   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]

6. Nymphaea - Wikipedia

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   Nymphaea (/ n ɪ m ˈ f iː ə /) is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred.

7. Nelumbo nucifera - Wikipedia

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   The lotus is often confused with the true water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, in particular N. caerulea, the "blue lotus."In fact, several older systems, such as the Bentham & Hooker system (which is widely used in the Indian subcontinent), refer to the lotus by its old synonym, Nymphaea nelumbo.