Nymphaea caerulea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q148880
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Summary

Nymphaea caerulea is a taxon[1]. It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: synonym[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Nymphaea[5]
  • Taxon name: Nymphaea caerulea[6]
  • Commons category: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea[7]
  • Commons gallery: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea[8]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25433[10]
  • Short name: N. caerulea[11]
  • Taxon common name: Egyptian lotus[12], Egyptian blue lily[13], Sacred blue lily[14], Sinilumme[15], Nénuphar bleu[16], blauwe lotus[17]
  • Taxon range: Angola[18]
  • Taxon synonym of: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea[19]
  • Basionym of: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea[20]

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Identifiers

Nymphaea caerulea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 202204[21]. Nymphaea caerulea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49506[22]. Nymphaea caerulea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 485243[23]. Nymphaea caerulea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882427[24]. Nymphaea caerulea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506589[25].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ubio id → 477359
    Plants of the world online id → urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605514-1
    Plant list id (royal botanic gardens, kew) → kew-2384860
    World flora online id → wfo-0000382331
    + 49 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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