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Scientific Name: Nymphaea rubra
English Name: Red water lily
Local/Bangla Name: Lal Shapla (লাল শাপলা)
Photo: Dinesh Kumar (iNaturalist )
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Description:
This perennial aquatic herb is characterized by its rhizomatous growth habit. Its leaves are long, petioled, and peltate, with a lamina that is reniform to orbicular in shape and margins that are repand to dentate. The upper surface of the leaves is greenish and glabrous, while the lower surface is purple and pubescent. The flowers are large, showy, and crimson-red in color.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This plant typically thrives in stagnant inland water bodies, ponds, and lakes. It 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
