What is Nymphaea?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Nymphaea'' | image = Seerosen_weiß.jpg | image_width = 270px | image_caption = European white water-lily (''Nymphaea alba'') | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Nymphaeales]] | familia = [[Nymphaeaceae]] | genus = '''''Nymphaea''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}} [[File:Water lily time-lapse.ogv|thumb|''Nymphaea alba'' time lapse]] '''''Nymphaea''''' is a [[genus]] of aquatic plants in the family [[Nymphaeaceae]]. There are about 50 [[species]] in the genus, which is widely distributed. The common name, shared with some other genera in the same family, is '''water-lily''' or '''waterlily'''. Many species are cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s, and many [[cultivars]] have been bred. == Species == *''[[Nymphaea alba]]'' - White water-rose ([[National flower]] of [[Kazakhstan]]) *''[[Nymphaea amazonica]]'' - Victorian water-lily ([[National flower]] of [[Guyana]]) *''[[Nymphaea lotus]]'' - White water-lily ([[National flower]] of [[Egypt]]) *''[[Nymphaea nouchali]]'' *''[[Nymphaea pubescens]]'' - Pink water-lily ([[National flower]] of [[Bangladesh]]) *''[[Nymphaea stellata]]'' - Blue water-lily ([[National flower]] of [[Sri Lanka]]) {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Nymphaeales]] [[Category:National symbols of Sri Lanka]]