FAMILY | NYMPHAEACEAE WATER LILIES

BASAL ANGIOSPERM

ORDER | NYMPHAELES

Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or emergent from the surface. Leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria and Euryale. It is the national flower of Bangladesh.

Pink Water Lilies in Monet's Garden at Giverny 

The water lily has a special place in Sangam literature and Tamil poetics, where it is considered symbolic of the grief of separation; it is considered to evoke imagery of the sunset, the seashore, and the shark.

White Water Lily, Monet's Garden at Giverny 

Pink Water Lily in Monet's Garden at Giverny 

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