dailyplantfacts:Water lilies are members of the genus Nymphaea in the family Nymphaeaceae. The water
dailyplantfacts:Water lilies are members of the genus Nymphaea in the family Nymphaeaceae. The water lilies consist of around 70 species distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. These aquatic plants grow from underwater rhizomes, producing leaves with long petioles that float on the surface of the water. Nymphaea is one of the earliest diverging lineage of flowering plants, and is part of a clade that is independent of monocots and eudicots. Plants in this group are characterized by having a large number of floral parts, including numerous whorls of petals, as can be seen in water lily flowers. -- source link
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