Species Nymphaea nouchali
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Etymology of Nymphaea:
La. nymphaea = water-lily; Gk. nymphe = goddess of springs, general name for delightful, mythological, semi-divine water-maidens (Virgil), also bride; (Nymphaios = sacred to the nymphs); referring to the water lilies, of which there are many in this genus.
Etymology of nouchali:
From the French? ‘nouchali’ / ‘Nouchal’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name?’
Scientific name:
Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Common names:
Blue Water Lily
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Protologue:
Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman)1 120 (1768)
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Year published:
1768
Aquatic perennial with floating leaves, woolly below. Leaves orbicular, deeply notched at base, margins undulate or scalloped, petioles long or short. Flowers blue, scented, closing at night. Dec.-Mar. Pools, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (Elandsbaai, Cape Peninsula to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Nymphaea nouchali
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Nymphaea nouchali
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Nymphaea nouchali
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Auriol Batten (David)
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