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Taxon: Nymphaea odorata Aiton

Genus: Nymphaea subgenus: Nymphaea section: Nymphaea
Family: Nymphaeaceae.
Nomen number: 410492
Place of publication: Hort. kew. 2:227. 1789
Name verified on: 02-Apr-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Feb-2000
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
PRª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

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Common names:

  • fragrant water-lily   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • fragrant water-lily   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata]
  • tuberous water-lily   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa]
  • white water-lily   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata]
  • nymphéa odorant   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata]
  • nymphéa tubéreux   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa]
  • wohlriechende Seerose   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata]
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.e.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Durango
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Federal District, Hidalgo, Michoacan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua
    Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Puerto Rico

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1975. Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States, 2 vol. (Aquat SW US)
  • Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol. (Aquat SE US)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Ricketson, J. 1995. Nymphaeaceae Waterlily family. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:27–28.
  • Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991–. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. (F Bajio)
  • Schneider, E. L. & T. Chaney. 1981. The floral biology of Nymphaea odorata (Nymphaeaceae). SouthW. Naturalist 26:159–165.
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
  • Wanderley, M. G. L., ed. 2001–. Flora fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Phan Sao Paulo)
  • Wiersema, J. H. & J. L. Reveal. 1991. (1002-1003) Proposals to reject two 1788 Thomas Walter names of American waterlilies (Nymphaeaceae). Taxon 40:514. [lectotypify].
  • Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Woods, K. et al. 2005. Pattern of variation and systematics of Nymphaea odorata: I. Evidence from morphology and inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSRs). Syst. Bot. 30:471–480.
  • Woods, K. et al. 2005. Pattern of variation and systematics of Nymphaea odorata: II. Sequence information from ITS and trnL-trnF. Syst. Bot. 30:481–493.
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Check other databases for Nymphaea odorata Aiton:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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