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	Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
		It is full of synonymy, because different populations or colour forms have been described as separate species which have since been sunk into one species and in some cases the same plants have been described as different species by different botanists, or the name of one species has been misapplied to another species.
		One is Nymphaea lotus, the white water lily, or white lotus which has night-blooming white or cream flowers and is widespread in tropical Africa to southern Africa, where it occurs in the former Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, Botswana, Swaziland and Namibia, and in Madagascar, in sheltered water 0.5-2.5m deep and in swamps.
		The name of the genus Nymphaea is a direct transliteration of a Greek word which Theophrastus (a disciple of Plato and Aristotle) used to describe these plants about 300 years before the common era, and refers to the practice of early Greeks in dedicating the water lily to the semi-divine water maidens, the nymphs.
	www.plantzafrica.com /plantnop/nymphnouch.htm (3005 words)

	Nymphaea caerulea - Water Lily / Blue Lotus
		Nymphaea caerulea, (Blue Lotus) is often confused with Agapanthus africanus (Blue Lily).
		It is Nymphaea caerulea (blue lotus) which was used in ancient Egypt as a key to good health, sex, and re-birth.
		Fresh Nymphaea Caerulea (Blue Lotus) was made into a tea or drank after being soaked in wine, usually followed by a cigarette made of the dried plant material.
	www.v72.org /sacred_Nymphaea.htm (512 words)

	Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Waterlily - A Probem Aquatic Plant in the Western USA
		Mature Nymphaea odorata leaves are often spherical, cleft at the base, smooth to 25 cm across, often purple on the lower surface, with most of the leaves floating.
		Shallow lakes are particularly vulnerable to being totally covered by fragrant waterlilies as is 110 acre Giffin Lake in the Sunnyside area of eastern Washington.
		Nymphaea odorata is native to the eastern half of North America, including southern Canada.
	www.wapms.org /plants/waterlily.html (1323 words)

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		Nymphaea lotus is introduced into warmer parts of America and Europe, while N. mexicana is introduced in many countries.
		Weed status: Nymphaea mexicana is considered weedy in some countries due to large seasonal populations choking waterways.
		Nymphaea candida, C.A.M. Lindman's Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1901-1905).
	www.lucidcentral.com /keys/APPW/html/nymphaea.html (212 words)

	Blue Lotus - Egyptian Lotus flower,Nymphaea Caerulea, Blue Water Lily, Sacred Narcotic Lily of the Nile
		It is Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotus) which may have been used in ancient Egypt along with san pedro cactus as an entheogen.
		Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotus Plant) is a live water plant growing on the shores of lakes and rivers.
		Nymphaea caerulea flowers in the spring, should be planted in sunny positions in medium or clay loam.
	www.herbalsmokestore.com /blue-lotus.htm (782 words)

	Nymphaea odorata
		Nymphaea odorata leaves are often spherical, cleft at the base, smooth to 25 cm across, often purple on the lower surface, with most of the leaves floating.
		The fragrant water lily, along with other Nymphaea species, is a premier plant for cultivation in containers and ornamental ponds.
		Shallow lakes are particularly vulnerable to being totally covered by fragrant water lilies as is 110 acre Giffin Lake in the Sunnyside area of eastern Washington.
	www.nwcb.wa.gov /weed_info/nymphaea_odorata.htm (1397 words)

	Nymphaea caerulea Blue Lily Flowers or Lily of the Nile, Blue lotus flower of the Egyptian Nile
		The "lotus" depicted in the tomb paintings of ancient Egypt and found scattered upon the corpse of Tutankhamen when the tomb was opened in 1922 is also known as the 'Lily of the Nile', and it is not a true lotus, but a blue water lily Nymphaea caerulea.
		The common water lily (Nymphaeae) of North America, usually white in colour and bearing a distinctive scent, resembles the larger lotus but belongs to a different species.
		Its split disc leaves or pads tend to lie on the surface of calm ponds and lakes.
	www.salvialight.com /blue-lily-flowers.htm (299 words)

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