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Nymphaea capensis

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Name

Identification
Nymphaea capensis Thunb. [family NYMPHAEACEAE ]
Related name
  • Nymphaea capensis
Common name
  • Cape blue water-lily, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for NYMPHAEA nouchali (Savigny) Verdc. var. coerulea [family NYMPHAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
NYMPHAEA nouchali (Savigny) Verdc. var. coerulea [family NYMPHAEACEAE], in Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Nymphaeaceae: 7 (1989);
NYMPHAEA coerulea Savigny [family NYMPHAEACEAE], (1798). Fig. 12 A–G. [type as above]
NYMPHAEA capensis Thunb. [family NYMPHAEACEAE], (1800).
Information
Leaves usually entire or sinuate. Petals acute to obtuse.
Range
S1, 3 widespread in tropical and southern Africa; var. nouchali in India.
Altitude range
50–250 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24755; Paoli 352, 508.
Notes
Several other varieties distributed in eastern and southern Africa were recognized by Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1989).

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