Nymphaea lotus var. lotus

Nymphaea lotus var. lotus

Native to:
Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | DR Congo | Egypt | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Gulf of Guinea Is. | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mozambique | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Taxonomy

Division:
Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:
Nymphaeaceae
Genus:
Nymphaea
Species:
Nymphaea lotus var. lotus

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:
Aquatic

Keystone Species Ranking

Caterpillar Keystone:
★★☆☆☆ Butterfly & moth species supported by this genus (NWF)