Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaeaceae Salisb., Ann. Bot. 2: 70. 1805. nom. cons. 'Water Lily Family'

Characteristic Features:

Aquatic herbs
Leaves floating, long petioled, peltate
Flowers floating or emergent, long pedicellate, with spiral floral parts, petals grading in to usually numerous laminar stamens
Fruits spongy, with several immersed seeds

Diversity:

World- 8 genera 70 species (ThePlant List 2013); 5 genera, 70 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 5 genera, 75 species (Mabberely 2017); 5 genera, 82 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 2 genera 7 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 3 genera, 14 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 9 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 4 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)

General Characters:

Nymphaeaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Nymphaeaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Nymphaeaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Nymphaeaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Nymphaeanae, Order- Nymphaeales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Thalamiflorae
Orders : Ranales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Centrospermae

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Thymelaeales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Nymphaeales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Chloranthidae
Super Order: Chloranthanae
Order : Nymphaeales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Nymphaeanae
Order : Nymphaeales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Nymphaeanae
Order : Nymphaeales

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Order : Nymphaeales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Nymphaeales

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.

Nymphaea pubescens Willd.

Cultivated Flora

Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Salisb.

Vernacular name: Indian red water lily (English); Kumud (Hindi)

Nativity: India to Indochina and Malaysia (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Perennial aquatic herbs. Leaf blade ovate to suborbicular, peltate, floating at water surface, margin dentate. Flower bisexual, floating, crimson red.

Flowering period: Blooms almost throughout the year

Propagation Methods: Propagated by rhizomes (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Garden Section