Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor
Species of aquatic plant
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Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor is a variety of the water lily species Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. naturally found in tropical Asia.[1]
| Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Brachyceras |
| Species: | |
| Variety: | N. n. var. versicolor |
| Trinomial name | |
| Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) Guruge & Yakand.[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Taxonomy
Publication
It was described as Nymphaea versicolor Sims by John Sims (1749-1831) in 1809. Later, it was included in the species Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. as the variety Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) Guruge & Yakand. by Shashika Kumudumali Guruge and Deepthi Yakandawala in 2017.
Its synonym Nymphaea malabarica Poir. was published even earlier by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1798.[4][5][6]