Nymphaeaceae -- comments

Temperate Species:

Nuphar spp. (yellow waterlily, spatterdock)

Nymphaea spp. (waterlily)

Cultivated Species:

Nymphaea spp. Euryale spp. (gorgon plant)

Nuphar spp. Victoria spp.

Notes:

*Rhizomes of some Nymphaea spp. are edible.

*Floating leaves of Victoria amazonica and V. regia can approach

2m. in diameter.

Magnoliidae

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