Herbaria

Family

Nymphaeaceae

subfamily

Genus

Nymphaea L.

Species

Nymphaea lotus L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp.Pl. ed.1:511 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Nv, Mm)

CAI (Nv)

CAIM (Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

TANE (Damietta Mahala Damietta Lake Edku Gamasa Edku Lake)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

TANE (7/29/1999 5/25/1986 7/29/1999 10/12/2003 11/14/1998 10/19/2012)

herbariaCollector

TANE (D.A.Ahmed M. A. El-Sheikh D. A. Ahmed Tarek Galal D. A. Ahmed Amr Keshta)

herbariaCollectorNo

TANE (346(175) s.n 345(175) 5633 344-342-343 (175) s.n)

herbariaNoOfSheets

TANE (1 5 1 1 3 2)

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (13)

CAI (7)

Habitat

Canals and ponds

FlFrperiod

June-September

LifeForm

Hydrophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Nofar نوفار

Bashnin Abiad بشنين ابيض

Bashnin el Khanzir بشنين الخنزير

EnglishName

white Egyptian lotus-

herbariaUses

Medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Egypt, Tropical E Africa and SE Asia

Chorology

PAL

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

global (LC- Least Concern)

Egypt (EN- Endangered)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt