Nymphaea caerulea Savigny

First published in Déc. Egypt. 1: 71 (1798)
This name is a synonym of Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Figueiredo, E., Smith, G.F. & Nyffeler, R. (2013). August Wulfhorst (1861-1936) and his overlooked contributions on the flora of Angola. Candollea 68: 123-131. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Nymphaeaceae: 1-12. [Cited as Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea.]

Kew Plants for Health

  • "SEPASAL database. (RBG Kew, 1999)"
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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