TODAY'S FLOWERS
from around the world can be viewed here:http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/
No one can see their reflection in running water.
It is only in still water that we can see. - Taoist proverb
Nymphaeaceae is a name for a family of flowering plants.
Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world.
The family contains 8 genera. There are about 70 species of water lilies around the world.
The genus Nymphaea contains about 35 species across the Northern Hemisphere. The genus Victoria contains two species of giant water lilies and can be found in South America. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria.
Water lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either during the day or at night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.Water lilies can be fragrant, such as Nymphaea odorata.
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Die Seerosengewächse (Nymphaeaceae) sind eine Familie in der Ordnung der Seerosenartigen (Nymphaeales). Mit 58 (bis 75) Arten in sechs Gattungen sind die Nymphaeaceae eine der kleinen Familien der Blütenpflanzen. Sie ist außerhalb der polaren Klimazonen weltweit nur in Süßwasser vertreten.
Seerosen sind selten einjährige oder meist ausdauernde krautige Pflanzen. Die Wasserpflanzen bilden langgestreckte oder knollenförmige Rhizome aus, mit denen sie im Schlamm von Flüssen, Teichen, Seen und anderen Gewässern wurzeln.
selected references: wikipedia and Tropical Plants of the World.
pictures: guild-rez 02/2010
location: Gran Bahia Principe, El Portillo, Samana D.R.
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