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Nymphaea tenuinervia

Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Bulb
Native range
Colombia (Santander), Guyana to Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nymphaea tenuinervia is a species of waterlily native to Colombia, Guyana and Brazil.

Where it grows

In Brasil, it occurs in the Amazon rainforest, the central Brazilian savanna, and the Atlantic rainforest as aquatic vegetation.

Other Nymphaea plants

Nymphaea abhayana · White Water Lily · White Water-lily · Nymphaea alexii · Amazon waterlily · Dotleaf waterlily · Nymphaea atrans · Nymphaea belophylla · Nymphaea caatingae · White Water Lily · Nymphaea carpentariae · Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphaea tenuinervia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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