Nymphaea caerulea
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Family Nymphaeaceae
Taxonomy: Nymphaea caerulea Savigny
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nymphaea capensis Thunb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Nymphaea coerulea F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nymphaea caerulea subsp. zanzibarensis (Casp.) S.W.L.Jacobs (misapplied)
- Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibarensis (Casp.) Conard (misapplied)
- Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibarensis (Casp.) Verdc. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 32 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 350 mm (300-400 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1); rhizome_fleshy (1); stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 9 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 6 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 5 | 5 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |