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Nymphaea alba(NYMAL)

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Code created in: 2002-02-23

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NYMAL
  • Preferred name: Nymphaea alba
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Euromediterranean region (except southeast and east), Himalayas, Indochina (Myanmar). Cultivated as an aquatic ornamental. Introduced in India, Chile


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Castalia alba (Linnaeus) Wood

Common names
Name Language
white water lily English
weiße Seerose German
weiße Teichrose German
lis blanc d'eau French
nénuphar blanc French
nymphéa blanc French
adarga Spanish
coberteras Spanish
cuencos Spanish
higos de río Spanish
nenúfar blanco Spanish
yerba de escudete Spanish
carfaro femina Italian
ninfea bianca Italian
ninfea comune Italian
witte waterlelie Dutch
adargas-de-rio Portuguese
boleira-branca Portuguese
figos-de-rio Portuguese
golfão-branco Portuguese
sydnäckros Swedish
vit näckros Swedish
кувшинка белая Russian
лилия водяная Russian
hvid nøkkerose Danish
kvit nøkkerose Norwegian
lumme Finnish
valkolumme Finnish
nilüfer Turkish
nimefe'ah levanah Hebrew
נִימְפֵאָה לְבָנָה Hebrew
grzybień biały Polish
grzybienie białe Polish
fehér tündérrózsa Hungarian
lëkue i bardhë Albanian
zambak uji i bardhë Albanian
igbelar zuria Basque
nenufar zuria Basque
бяла водна роза Bulgarian
водна роза Bulgarian
русалка Bulgarian
nimfea alba Catalan
nimfea blanca Catalan
bái shuì lián Chinese
白睡莲 Chinese
bijeli lopoč Croatian
leknín bílý Czech
valge vesiroos Estonian
ambroiños de río Galician
tapadeira Galician
νυμφαία Greek
bacán bán Irish
baltā ūdensroze Latvian
paprastoji vandens lelija Lithuanian
nimfèa Occitan
nufăr alb Romanian
локвањ Serbian
lekno biele Slovak
beli lokvanj Slovene
латаття біле Ukrainian
lili-ddwr felen Welsh