Nymphaeaceae
Red water lily
Nymphaea rubra
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- نيلوفر أحمر
- Bangla
- লাল শাপলা, লাল শালুক
- Burmese
- ကြာနီ
- Chinese
- 紅花睡蓮, 红花睡莲, 印度红睡莲
- English
- Red water lily
- Malayalam
- ആമ്പൽ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမူဝ်လႅင်
Synonyms
- Castalia magnifica Salisb.
- Castalia rubra (Roxb. ex Andrews) Tratt.
- Leuconymphaea rubra (Roxb. ex Andrews) Kuntze
- Nymphaea magnifica Conard
- Nymphaea rubra subsp. latipetala Lovassy
- Nymphaea rubra subsp. longiflora Lovassy
- Nymphaea rubra subsp. sanguinolenta Lovassy
- Nymphaea rubra var. purpurea DC.
Photos
Photo: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vishnubonam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.