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|accepted_name=Nymphaea ampla
|accepted_authority=(Salisbury) de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat.
|place=2: 54. 1821
|year=1821
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Castalia ampla
|authority=Salisbury
|publication_title=Ann. Bot. (König &amp; Sims)
|publication_place=2: 73. 1805
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nymphaeaceae;Nymphaea;Nymphaea ampla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nymphaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nymphaea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nymphaea ampla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>unbranched, erect, ovoid; stolons absent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole glabrous. <b>Leaf</b> blade abaxially purple, often spotted, adaxially green, ovate to nearly orbiculate, 15-45 × 15-45 cm, margins dentate to spinose-dentate; venation radiate and prominent centrally, without weblike pattern, principal veins 13-29; surfaces glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> emersed, 7-18 cm diam., opening and closing diurnally, only sepals and outermost petals in distinct whorls of 4; sepals green, abaxially flecked with short dark streaks, faintly veined, lines of insertion on receptacle not prominent; petals 12-21, white; stamens 50-190, yellow, outer with connective appendage projecting 3-10 mm beyond anther; filaments widest at or below middle, mostly equal to or shorter than anthers; pistil 14-25-locular, appendages at margin of stigmatic disk short-triangular, to 3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> nearly globose to ellipsoid, 1.2-1.6 × 0.9-1.3 mm, 1.2-1.5 times as long as broad, with longitudinal rows of hairlike papillae 40-180 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Ditches, canals, ponds, and freshwater tidal margins
|elevation=0-350 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Reports of <i>Nymphaea ampla</i> in southern Texas by H. S. Conard (1905) are confirmed by specimens although no recent collections have been seen.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=wunderlin1980a
|text=Wunderlin, R. P. and D. H. Les. 1980. Nymphaea ampla (Nymphaeaceae), a waterlily new to Florida. Phytologia 45: 82-84.
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name=Nymphaea ampla
|author=
|authority=(Salisbury) de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Castalia ampla
|family=Nymphaeaceae
|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Ditches, canals, ponds, and freshwater tidal margins
|elevation=0-350 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=wunderlin1980a
|publication title=Syst. Nat.
|publication year=1821
|special status=Weedy
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|genus=Nymphaea
|species=Nymphaea ampla
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