Nymphaea

Nymphaea
European White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea L.
Species
About 50 species, including: Nymphaea alba - European White Water-lily Nymphaea amazonum Nymphaea ampla Nymphaea blanda Nymphaea caerulea - Egyptian Blue Water-lily Nymphaea calliantha Nymphaea candida Nymphaea capensis - Cape Blue Water-lily Nymphaea citrina Nymphaea colorata Nymphaea elegans Nymphaea fennica Nymphaea flavovirens Nymphaea gardneriana Nymphaea gigantea - Australian Water-lily Nymphaea heudelotii Nymphaea jamesoniana Nymphaea lotus - Egyptian White Water-lily Nymphaea macrosperma - Native to Australia's Top End Nymphaea mexicana - Yellow Water-lily Nymphaea micrantha Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Water-lily Nymphaea pubescens Nymphaea rubra - India Red Water-lily Nymphaea rudgeana Nymphaea stellata - Blue Water-lily (National flower of Sri Lanka) Nymphaea stuhlmannii Nymphaea sulfurea Nymphaea tetragona - Pygmy Water-lily Nymphaea tuberosa

Nymphaea is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution. The common name, shared with some other genera in the same family, is water-lily or waterlily.