Nymphaea facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nymphaea |
|
---|---|
European white water-lily (Nymphaea alba) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Division: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: |
Nymphaea
|
Nymphaea is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which is widely distributed. The common name, shared with some other genera in the same family, is water-lily or waterlily.
Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred.
Related pages
- Nymphaea alba - White water-rose (National flower of Kazakhstan)
- Nymphaea amazonica - Victorian water-lily (National flower of Guyana)
- Nymphaea lotus - White water-lily (National flower of Egypt)
- Nymphaea nouchali
- Nymphaea pubescens - Pink water-lily (National flower of Bangladesh)
- Nymphaea stellata - Blue water-lily (National flower of Sri Lanka)
Images for kids
-
A bright-field micrograph of a cross-section of a floating leaf of Nymphaea alba.
- E1: upper epiderm
- E2: lower epiderm
- P: palisade mesophyll
- M: spongy mesophyll
- B: vascular bundle
- I: intercellular gap
- S: sclerenchyma
-
Blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) on an 18th Dynasty jar found at Amarna
-
Water Lilies by Claude Monet, 1906
See also
In Spanish: Nymphaea para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Nymphaea Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.