Nymphaea nouchali

Nymphaea nouchali
	Growing in Vietnam
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea
Species:	N. nouchali
Binomial name
	Nymphaea nouchali; Burm. f.
Varieties
	Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.; Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis Verdc.; Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali; Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia (Conard) Verdc.; Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc.; Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) Guruge & Yakand.; Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc.;
Synonyms
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Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus, star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit it is called utpala. This species is usually considered to include the blue Egyptian lotus N. nouchali var. caerulea. In the past, taxonomic confusion has occurred, with the name Nymphaea nouchali incorrectly applied to Nymphaea pubescens.

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