Water Lily family : NYMPHAEACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Nelumbo nucifera Indian Lotus Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson Kuranda, Queensland

Nelumbo speciosum Egyptian Lotus Wyee, November 2006

Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea Blue Lotus Nambour, October 2006

Nymphaea 'Escarboucle' Red Water Lily Wyee, November 2006

Nymphaea gigantea Blue Cloud Photo: courtesy of Scott Gavins Fraser Coast, December 2020

Nymphaea helvola Miniature Water Lily Wyee, December 2006

Nymphaea immutabilis Suffused Water Lily 2002 Australia Post

Nymphaea 'Sunrise' Water Lily 'Sunrise' Wyee, December 2006

We know of no caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Australia that attack plants in NYMPHAEACEAE.

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 17 November 2018, 1 January 2022)