Nymphaea elegans

Author
Hooker, 1852
Common Names
  • Blue Water-lily
  • Elegant Waterlily
  • Tropical Royal Blue Waterlily

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
1 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Mexico, southern USA
Habitat-Biology
  • floating vegetation
  • threatened or endangered
References

  • Lot, A., A. Novelo Retana, M. Olvera García, and P. Ramírez-García. 1999. Catálogo de Angiospermas Acuáticas de México. Hidrófitas Estrictas Emergentes, Sumergidas y Flotantes. Cuardernos del Instituto de Biología 33. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F. 161 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-23-2024.

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