Nymphaeaceae

This list of genera was made in July 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Borsch et al. 2008 and He et al. 2018. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.

All genera (accepted genera in bold)Stored underSynonyms included
Barclaya Wall.
Euryale Salisb.Nymphaea L.
Nuphar Sm.
Nymphaea L.Euryale Salisb., Victoria R.H.Schomb
Victoria R.H.Schomb.Nymphaea L.

References

  • Borsch, T., Löhne, C. and Wiersema, J. (2008). Phylogeny and evolutionary patterns in Nymphaeales: integrating genes, genomes and morphology. Taxon, 57, 1052-4E. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.574004
  • He, D., Gichira, A.W., Li, Z., Nzei, J.M., Guo, Y., Wang, Q., Chen, J. (2018). Intergeneric Relationships within the Early-Diverging Angiosperm Family Nymphaeaceae Based on Chloroplast Phylogenomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19,12, 3780. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19123780
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].

Foto: Nyhmphaea L. © Suvrat Kotagal