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Scientific Name: Nymphaea pubescens
English Name: Water lily
Local/Bangla Name: Sada shapla (সাদা শাপলা)
Photo: Fasai WATTANADAMRUNGSAWAT (iNaturalist )
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Description:
This perennial aquatic herb is characterized by rhizomatous and stoloniferous growth. Its leaves are broadly ovate-elliptic or reniform to orbicular, with margins that are repand to spinous-dentate. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green, glabrous, and often pustulate, while the lower surface is green or dull purplish-green and velutinous pubescent. The flowers are large, slightly fragrant, and white, borne on long peduncles.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It typically grows in stagnant inland water bodies. This species is widely distributed throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is a submerged aquatic weed
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Other Information
