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Key to Family Nymphaeaceae
modified from Staples & Herbst (2005)
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Figure P8A. Water lilly (NYMPHAEACEAE: Nymphaea sp.)
in Kawa Stream, Kane`ohe.
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84a
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Leaves orbicular (round) and peltate (petiole connecting in from leaf edge)
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84b
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Leaves orbicular and not peltate, having a deep basal indentation (Fig. 2). { Ponds, streams. Water lily
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85a
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Water-lily with purplish-red flowers that open at night. Night-blooming or red water-lily
Nymphaea rubra Roxb.
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85b
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Water-lily with usually bluish or pink (but could be purple to more whitish) flowers that open in the daytime
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86a
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Leaf margin toothed; flower is usually pink (or blue, mauve, or white) and has over 100 stamens. Cape blue water-lily
Nymphaea capensis Thunb.
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86b
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Leaf margin entire (not toothed); Flower usually bluish (or purple, pink, or whitish) with fewer than 100 stamens
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87a
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Flower sepals (below petals) dark green with purple lines, petals pale blue, stamens 50 to 75; Leaves dotted purple on underside { Large water-lily; Egyptian lotus, blue water-lily
Nymphaea caerulea Savigny
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87b
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Flower sepals green, petals pale blue to whitish, stamens 40 to 55; Leaves blotched with brown and producing new plants (plantlets) at junction with petiole { Ornamental in tubs; Dwarf blue water-lily
Nymphaea X daubenyana Daubeny
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88a
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Leaves very large (to 2 m diameter) with a raised rim; spiny and reddish underneath. { Decorative ponds. Royal water lily
Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch
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88b
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Leaves large (under 1 m diameter), whitish underneath, lacking a raised rim, but petioles prickly; many held above water surface. { Decorative ponds. Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
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