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Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaea candida J.Presl & C.Presl

Family
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Nymphaea

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Nymphaea candida: Nymphaea candida C. Presl Sweden, Möckeln
Photo: Jan Eckstein, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (19)
Belarusian
Гарлачык чыста-белы
Bulgarian
Снежнобяла водна лилия
Cantonese
雪白睡蓮
Chinese
雪白睡莲, 睡莲花, 貉肉, 雪白睡莲(睡莲)
Czech
Leknín bělostný
dsb
Mała wutka
Estonian
Väike vesiroos
Finnish
Pohjanlumme
German
Kleine Seerose, Glänzende Seerose
hsb
Mała bónčawa
Latvian
Sniegbaltā ūdensroze
Lithuanian
Mažažiedė vandens lelija
Macedonian
Снежнобел воден лилјан
Norwegian Bokmål
Kantnøkkerose
Persian
نیلوفر آبی کاندیدا
Polish
Grzybienie północne, Grzybień północny
Romanian
Nufăr alb ca neaua
Russian
Кувшинка снежно-белая, Кувшинка белоснежная, Кувшинка чисто-белая
Ukrainian
Латаття сніжно-біле

Synonyms

  • Castalia candida (C.Presl) Schinz & Thell.
  • Castalia colchica (Woronow) Grossh.
  • Castalia semi-aperta Fritsch
  • Leuconymphaea candida (C.Presl) Kuntze
  • Nymphaea alba f. volvata Casp.
  • Nymphaea alba subsp. biradiata (Sommer) Nyman
  • Nymphaea alba subsp. candida (C.Presl) Korsh.
  • Nymphaea alba var. aperta Casp.
  • Nymphaea alba var. cachemiriana (Cambess.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Nymphaea alba var. chlorocarpa Casp.
  • Nymphaea alba var. erythrocarpa Casp.
  • Nymphaea alba var. kashmiriana Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Nymphaea alba var. oocarpa Casp.
  • Nymphaea alba var. semiaperta Schmalh.
  • Nymphaea cachemiriana Cambess.
  • Nymphaea candida var. minor Vain.
  • Nymphaea colchica (Woron. ex Grossh.) Kem.-Nath.
  • Nymphaea nitida Sims
  • Nymphaea pauciradiata Bunge
  • Nymphaea punctata Kar. & Kir.
  • Nymphaea semiaperta C.Klinggr.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.