Taxon profile

species

Water Lily
Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch

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

Scientific synonyms

Euryale amazonica Poeppig
Victoria regia var. randii hort. ex Conard
Victoria regia Lindl.
Victoria regina R. H. Schomb.
Nymphaea victoria R. H. Schomb. ex Lindl.

Other names

= Amazon Water-lily
= Amazonian Waterlily

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Links and literature

PLANTS Database [VIAM9]

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

Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [605776-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch]
Data retrieved on: 30 January 2025

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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