Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (6)

Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique

Photo: Sune Holt
Machengue, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique

Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Nymphaea petersiana Klotzsch
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Aquatic perennial with floating leaves grow from a tuberous rhizome. Leaves sub-orbicular to elliptic, deeply cordate and peltate at the base; upper surface green and smooth; lower surface green,red or purple with more or less prominently raised venation; margin sinuate-dentate or sinuate-lobulate, sometimes entire at the apex. Flowers, 6-12 cm in diameter, blue, pinkish or rarely white, on fleshy stems, usually held erect above the surface of the water; sepals 4; petals 14-20 as long as the sepals; stamens c. 100, prolonged beyond the anthers by a white appendage.
Notes:	See var. caerulea for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	petersii: named after Professor Wilhelm Peters (1815-1863) of Berlin who collected in Mozambique in the early 19th century.
Habitat:	In rivers, lakes and pools.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, probably Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,T,MS
Growth form(s):	Aquatic.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 26 July 2014
Literature:	Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 35. As Nymphaea petersiana Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 64. Mendonça, F.A. (1960). Nymphaeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 176 - 178. As Nymphaea petersiana (Includes a picture). Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 85. as Nymphaea nouchali (Includes a picture). Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 44, plates 65 & 66 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90.

Other sources of information about Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana
Flora of Malawi: Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana
Flora of Zambia: Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana

External websites:

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