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Nymphaea elegans Hook.
tropical royalblue waterlily

       
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Photo of Nymphaea elegans Hook.
Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NJ, Short Hills. Usage Requirements.
 
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Nymphaea elegans Hook.

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Synonyms:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

  CAEL13 Castalia elegans (Hook.) Greene
 

Distribution:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

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USA (FL, LA, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

View 4 genera in Nymphaeaceae, 18 species in Nymphaea
 

Classification:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order Nymphaeales
Family Nymphaeaceae – Water-lily family
Genus Nymphaea L. – waterlily
Species Nymphaea elegans Hook. – tropical royalblue waterlily
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL NO OBL NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt         Low   Low  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Nymphaea elegans Hook.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18391.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/21/2008 09:42 PM MDT