Everything about Nymphaeaceae totally explained
Nymphaeaceae is the
botanical name of a family of
flowering plants. The family is also called the water lily family. The white water lily is the national flower of
Bangladesh. It is also the birth flower for July.
Water lilies are rooted in
soil in bodies of water, with
leaves and
flowers floating on the water surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in
Nymphaea and
Nuphar, but fully circular in
Victoria.
Horticulturally, water lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either day or night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.
Water lilies can be fragrant (for example
Nymphaea odorata). There are hundreds of variations of a common water lily.
Water lilies were depicted by the French artist
Claude Monet in a
series of paintings.
Taxonomy
The genus Barclaya is sometimes given rank as its own family Barclayaceae on the basis of an extended perianth tube (combined
sepals and
petals) arising from the top of the
ovary and by
stamens that are joined basally. But recent work lends weight to keeping it in the Nymphaeaceae.
In the past Nymphaeaceae often have been treated to include
Cabombaceae but this is often segregated. The sacred lotus family
Nelumbonaceae was once thought to be a water lily, but is now recognized to be a highly modified
eudicot in the order
Proteales.
Genera
Gallery
Image:Seerosen_wei%C3%9F.jpg
Image:Flower-04-KayEss-2.jpeg|A bee pollinating a water lily
Image:Monet's_Water_Lilies.jpg|A painting of water lilies by Claude Monet.
Image:Bluewaterlily_edit.jpg|Water lily at Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area.
Image:Waterlily.jpg|Water lilies in Mombasa, Kenya.
Image:Woman standing on Victoria cruziana.jpeg|A woman standing on the large lilypad of a victoria water lily. A piece of wood has been placed atop the leaf to distribute her weight.
Image:Water Lily Purple.jpg|Tropical water lily in Malaysia.
Image:Waterlily.JPG|Water lily from India
Taken at Auroville, Pondicherry, India
Image:Waterlily2227.JPG|Water lilies at the Schonbrunn in Wien
Image:Pink water lily.jpg|A pink water lily in Sydney, Australia.
Image:Kanapaha-2008 04 09-IMG 0195 1.JPG|Nymphaea alba taken at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Image:Water lilies.JPG|Water Lilies in Italy.
Also see
Nelumbo
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