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|accepted_name=Nymphaea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 510. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 227. 1754, name conserved
}}
|common_names=Water-lily;nymphéa;lis d'eau;nénuphar blanc
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Castalia
|authority=Salisbury
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Nymphaeaceae;Nymphaea
|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>
|etymology=Greek nymphaia and Latin nymphaea, water-lily, from Latin (nympha) or Greek (nymphe) mythology, goddess of mountains, waters, meadows, and forests
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>branched or unbranched, erect or repent; elongate stolons present or absent. <b>Leaves</b> mostly floating (vernal leaves submersed; blades sessile, broad). <b>Leaf</b> blade orbiculate to widely ovate or elliptic, basal lobes divergent to overlapping, margins entire to spinose-dentate, apex of lobe acute or acuminate to widely rounded; primary venation mostly palmate, midrib with 1 vein. <b>Flowers</b> floating or emersed, opening diurnally or nocturnally; perianth perigynous, spreading at anthesis; sepals 4, mostly greenish, ovate to elliptic; petals 8-many, spirally arranged or wholly or partially whorled, showy, white, pink, blue, or yellow, broadly lanceolate or ovate to obovate, grading into stamens; stamens yellow or cream-colored, inserted on lateral surface of ovary, spreading at anthesis, sometimes with distal connective appendage; ovary shorter than petals and stamens; stigmatic disk with prominent, distinct, upwardly incurved appendages around margin. <b>Fruits</b> borne on curved or coiled peduncles. <b>Seeds</b> nearly globose to ellipsoid, to 5 mm; aril present. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Worldwide.
|discussion=<p>Species 35-40 (9 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Nymphaea</i> is an important genus of ornamental plants, with numerous cultivars or wild forms grown in water gardens. Some have become naturalized in some places, particularly in Florida, and two such taxa are included in this treatment. A third, N. ×daubenyana W. T. Baxter ex Daubeny (<i>N. micrantha</i> Guillemin & Perrottet × N. caerulea Savigny), with blue flowers and entire leaves and with a proliferous mound of fibrous tissue above insertion of petiole, may also be encountered in Florida.</p><!--
--><p>Prior to conservation in its current sense, the name <i>Nymphaea</i> was frequently used for the genus now known as <i>Nuphar</i>.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=conard1905a
|text=Conard, H. S. 1905. The waterlilies: A monograph of the genus Nymphaea. Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 4: 1-279.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=meeuse1980a
|text=Meeuse, B. J. D. and E. L. Schneider. 1980. Nymphaea revisited: A preliminary communication. Israel J. Bot. 28: 65-79.
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|id=moseley1961a
|text=Moseley, M. F. Jr. 1961. Morphological studies of the Nymphaeaceae. II. The flower of Nymphaea. Bot. Gaz. 122: 233-259.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=ward1977a
|text=Ward, D. B. 1977. Keys to the flora of Florida. 4. Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae). Phytologia 37: 443-448.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=wiersema1987a
|text=Wiersema, J. H. 1987. A monograph of Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis (Nymphaeaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 16: 1-112.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=wiersema1988a
|text=Wiersema, J. H. 1988. Reproductive biology of Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 795-804.
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals abaxially flecked with short dark lines.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals abaxially uniformly greenish, reddish, or yellowish.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade with dentate to spinose-dentate margins; petals white; connective appendage projecting to 3 mm or more beyond anther.
|[[Nymphaea ampla|Nymphaea ampla]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade with entire to sinuate margins; petals pale violet to nearly white; connective appendage mostly projecting 1 mm or less beyond anther.
|[[Nymphaea elegans|Nymphaea elegans]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Petals blue, lavender, or purple; connective appendage projecting to 4 mm or more beyond anther.
|[[Nymphaea capensis|Nymphaea capensis]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Petals white to pink, cream-colored, or yellow; connective appendage projecting less than 2 mm beyond anther.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blade with spinose-dentate margins, abaxially slightly to densely puberulent.
|[[Nymphaea lotus|Nymphaea lotus]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blade with entire or sinuate margins, abaxially glabrous.
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Appendages at margin of stigmatic disk slightly club-shaped; flowers opening nocturnally; leaf blade with central web of cross veins between major veins.
|[[Nymphaea jamesoniana|Nymphaea jamesoniana]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Appendages at margin of stigmatic disk tapered or boat-shaped; flowers opening diurnally; leaf blade with radiate venation, without central weblike pattern.
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Petals yellow; plants bearing stolons.
|[[Nymphaea mexicana|Nymphaea mexicana]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Petals white; plants not bearing stolons.
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Petals 17–43; filament widest below middle; rhizomes repent.
|[[Nymphaea odorata|Nymphaea odorata]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Petals 8–17; filament widest above middle; rhizomes erect.
|[[#key-0-8| > 8]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Appendages at margin of stigmatic disk 0.6–1.5 mm; lines of insertion of sepals on receptacle not prominent.
|[[Nymphaea leibergii|Nymphaea leibergii]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Appendages at margin of stigmatic disk mostly 3 mm or more; lines of insertion of sepals very prominent, forming tetragon on receptacle.
|[[Nymphaea tetragona|Nymphaea tetragona]]
|}
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name=Nymphaea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Castalia
|basionyms=
|family=Nymphaeaceae
|distribution=Worldwide.
|reference=conard1905a;meeuse1980a;moseley1961a;ward1977a;wiersema1987a;wiersema1988a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
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|genus=Nymphaea
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