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species

Tiger Lotus
Nymphaea lotus L.

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Magnoliopsida » order Nymphaeales » family Nymphaeaceae » genus Nymphaea - waterlily

Scientific synonyms

Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt.
Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze
Nymphaea acutidens Peter
Nymphaea lotus var. aegyptia Planch.
Nymphaea aegyptiaca Opiz
Nymphaea dentata Schumach. & Thonn.
Nymphaea lotus var. dentata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Casp.
Nymphaea hypotricha Peter
Nymphaea leucantha Peter
Nymphaea liberiensis A. Chev.

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Other names

= White Egyptian Lotus

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2025-08-27 10:04:36

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Links and literature

RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [atlasrostlin/nymphaea_lotus]

Pecháček L.: RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [http://rybicky.net/]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [164281]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Nymphaea lotus L.]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

PLANTS Database [NYLO]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [605604-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Nymphaea lotus L.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025

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