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Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson floating leaf with scale bar (5 cm) on a white background. This species of water lily has lily pads that float on the water and blossoms that rise above the water. [citation needed] It is a perennial, growing to 45 cm in height.
Nefertem (/ ˈnɛfərˌtɛm /; possibly "beautiful one who closes" or "one who does not close"; also spelled Nefertum or Nefer-temu) was, in Egyptian mythology, originally a lotus flower at the creation of the world, who had arisen from the primal waters. [2] Nefertem represented both the first sunlight and the delightful smell of the Egyptian ...
Nymphaea spectabilis, a purple form known from cultivation, and N. capensis, found throughout eastern, central and southern Africa, as well as a number of other named taxa, were synonymised to N. nouchali var. caerulea in the 1989 addition to the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA) series, a position which has generally been accepted, [1] [4] [10] [11] although some of the authorities in ...
Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus, [3] star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The lotus is often confused with the true water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, in particular N. caerulea, the "blue lotus."In fact, several older systems, such as the Bentham & Hooker system (which is widely used in the Indian subcontinent), refer to the lotus by its old synonym, Nymphaea nelumbo.
Nymphaea (/ nɪmˈfiːə /) is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, [3] and some are weeds. [4]
Look up Egyptian water-lily in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Egyptian water lily or Egyptian lotus may refer to: Blue Egyptian water lily ( Nymphaea caerulea) White Egyptian water lily ( Nymphaea lotus) Category: Set index articles on plant common names.
The history and character of gardens in ancient Egypt, like all aspects of Egyptian life, depended upon the Nile, and the network of canals that drew water from it.Water was hoisted from the Nile in leather buckets and carried on the shoulders to the gardens, and later, beginning in about the 14th century B.C., lifted from wells by hoists with counterbalancing weights called shadouf in Arabic.