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Victoria amazonica

(Poepp.) Klotzsch (1847)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Nymphaeopsida Order: Nymphaeales Family: Nymphaeaceae Genus: Victoria

amazon water lily, giant water lily

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 245 (1847)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch Waimea Fall Arboretum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Beck, H. T. 1295 Oahu US 9/10/1990
2 Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch waimea fall arboretum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. t. beck 1295 Kauai US 9/10/1990
3 Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Klotzsch waimea falls arboretum Coastal strand PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. t. beck 1295 NY 9/10/1990
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