6545.000 Nymphoides Ség. - Floating hearts

LIMNANTHEMUM S.G. Gmel.

Description of the genus

Aquatic herbs. Leaves simple and ovate or ± circular (in ours). Flowers in clusters at the nodes (in ours), 5(-8)-merous. Capsule developing under water, dehiscent.

Derivation of name: resembling the genus of water-lilies, Nymphaea.

Worldwide: 20 species, cosmopolitan.

Zambia: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
brevipedicellata (Vatke) A. Raynal	B,N,W,C/S,S
forbesiana (Griseb.) Kuntze	B,W,C	Description, Image
milnei A.Raynal [DD]	W
rautanenii (N.E. Br.) A. Raynal	B,S
senegalensis (G.Don) Tippery	B,N,W,C,S	Description, Image
tenuissima A.Raynal [LR-lc]	N,W
thunbergiana (Griseb.) Kuntze	W	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Nymphoides:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Nymphoides
Flora of Burundi: Nymphoides
Flora of Caprivi: Nymphoides
Flora of the DRC: Nymphoides
Flora of Malawi: Nymphoides
Flora of Mozambique: Nymphoides
Flora of Rwanda: Nymphoides
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nymphoides

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Nymphoides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nymphoides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nymphoides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Nymphoides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Nymphoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nymphoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Nymphoides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nymphoides
Plants of the World Online: Nymphoides
Tropicos: Nymphoides
Wikipedia: Nymphoides

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Nymphoides.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1101, retrieved 2 April 2025

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