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Internal ID UUID643ff67dd2b5f653506678
Scientific name Nymphaea candida
Authority J.Presl & C.Presl
First published in Delic. Prag. : 224 (1822)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nymphaea nitida Sims Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1359 (1811)
Nymphaea semiaperta Klinggraeff Fl. Preussen : 20 (1848)
Nymphaea pauciradiata Bunge Fl. Altaic. 2: 272 (1830)
Nymphaea cachemiriana Cambess. Voy. Inde , Atlas 2(Bot.): t. 10 (1844)
Leuconymphaea candida Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891)
Castalia candida Schinz & Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 573 (1907)
Castalia colchica (Woronow) Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza 2: 87 (1930)
Castalia semi-aperta Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterreich , ed. 3: 138 (1922)
Nymphaea alba var. semiaperta Schmalh. Fl. Sredn. Yuzhn. Rossii 1/: 34 1895
Nymphaea alba var. kashmiriana Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Brit. India 1: 114 1872
Nymphaea candida var. minor Vain. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 8: 58 1891
Nymphaea colchica (Woron. ex Grossh.) Kem.-Nath. Fl. Gruzii , ed. 2, 2: 160 (1973)
Nymphaea alba var. aperta Casp. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 29 (1855)
Nymphaea alba var. oocarpa Casp. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 27 (1855)
Nymphaea alba f. volvata Casp. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 29 (1855)
Nymphaea alba var. cachemiriana (Cambess.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. 1: 241 (1855)
Nymphaea alba subsp. biradiata (Sommer) Nyman
Nymphaea alba subsp. candida (C.Presl) Korsh. Fl. Vostochnoĭ Evropy 1: 130 (1892)
Nymphaea punctata Kar. & Kir. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 376 (1842)
Nymphaea alba var. chlorocarpa Casp. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 29 (1855)
Nymphaea alba var. erythrocarpa Casp. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 29 (1855)

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Language Common/alternative name
Belarusian Гарлачык чыста-белы
Bulgarian снежнобяла водна лилия
Czech leknín bělostný
German kleine seerose
German glänzende seerose
Estonian väike vesiroos
Persian نیلوفر آبی کاندیدا
Finnish pohjanlumme
Upper Sorbian mała bónčawa
Lithuanian mažažiedė vandens lelija
Latvian sniegbaltā ūdensroze
Macedonian снежнобел воден лилјан
Norwegian Bokmål kantnøkkerose
Polish grzybienie północne
Polish grzybień północny
Romanian nufăr alb ca neaua
Russian Кувшинка снежно-белая
Russian Кувшинка чисто-белая
Russian Кувшинка белоснежная
Ukrainian Латаття сніжно-біле
Chinese 雪白睡莲
Chinese 雪白睡莲(睡莲)
Chinese 貉肉
Chinese 睡莲花

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Romania
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000382305
Tropicos 22600164
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605528-1
Observations.org 120013
IPNI 605528-1
GBIF 3697527
USDA GRIN 415797
UNII 58T0CGU5KH
Tropicos 22600081
INPN 109752
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605520-1
The Plant List kew-2384823
Plantarium 25196
Open Tree Of Life 956267
Observations.org 120011
NCBI Taxonomy 307975
IPNI 605520-1
iNaturalist 196966
GBIF 3697615
Freebase /m/047f8w0
EPPO NYMCN
EOL 2873217
Elurikkus 5908
USDA GRIN 415662
Wikipedia Nymphaea_candida

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Preventive Effect of the Total Polyphenols from Nymphaea candida on Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice via Gut Microbiota and NLRP3, TLR-4/NF-κB Pathway Li C, Qi X, Xu L, Sun Y, Chen Y, Yao Y, Zhao J Int J Mol Sci 12-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11050158
doi:10.3390/ijms25084276
PMID:38673868
A study on the effect of natural products against the transmission of B.1.1.529 Omicron Alkafaas SS, Abdallah AM, Hussien AM, Bedair H, Abdo M, Ghosh S, Elkafas SS, Apollon W, Saki M, Loutfy SA, Onyeaka H, Hessien M Virol J 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10464336
doi:10.1186/s12985-023-02160-6
PMID:37626376
Genome-Wide Survey and Analysis of Microsatellites in Waterlily, and Potential for Polymorphic Marker Development Huang X, Yang M, Guo J, Liu J, Chu G, Xu Y Genes (Basel) 02-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9601493
doi:10.3390/genes13101782
PMID:36292667
Plant traits and environment: floating leaf blade production and turnover of Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) O. Kuntze (Menyanthaceae) Klok PF, van der Velde G PeerJ 01-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9441140
doi:10.7717/peerj.13976
PMID:36068866
Genome sequencing and transcriptome analyses provide insights into the origin and domestication of water caltrop (Trapa spp., Lythraceae) Lu R, Chen Y, Zhang X, Feng Y, Comes HP, Li Z, Zheng Z, Yuan Y, Wang L, Huang Z, Guo Y, Sun G, Olsen KM, Chen J, Qiu Y Plant Biotechnol J 11-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8989495
doi:10.1111/pbi.13758
PMID:34861095
Natural Products for the Prevention and Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sustainable Bioresources Singla RK, He X, Chopra H, Tsagkaris C, Shen L, Kamal MA, Shen B Front Pharmacol 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8671886
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.758159
PMID:34925017
Role of Glycation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Prevention through Nymphaea Species Ishrat N, Khan H, Patel OP, Mahdi AA, Mujeeb F, Ahmad S Biomed Res Int 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8566071
doi:10.1155/2021/7240046
PMID:34746307
Traditional herbal medicine therapy of gallbladder ascariasis: a case report Israyil Z, Gul A, Memtily N, Abulizi A, Emet G, Niyaz B J Med Case Rep 30-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7847137
doi:10.1186/s13256-020-02571-x
PMID:33514402
Network pharmacology-based analysis of Zukamu granules for the treatment of COVID-19 Zeng Y, Lou G, Ren Y, Li T, Zhang X, Wang J, Huang Q Eur J Integr Med 02-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7778372
doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2020.101282
PMID:33425074
Initial decomposition of floating leaf blades of waterlilies: causes, damage types and impacts Klok PF, van der Velde G PeerJ 21-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6590448
doi:10.7717/peerj.7158
PMID:31275754
Comparative Prey Spectra Analyses on the Endangered Aquatic Carnivorous Waterwheel Plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa, Droseraceae) at Several Naturalized Microsites in the Czech Republic and Germany Horstmann M, Heier L, Kruppert S, Weiss LC, Tollrian R, Adamec L, Westermeier A, Speck T, Poppinga S Integr Org Biol 25-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC7671111
doi:10.1093/iob/oby012
PMID:33793692
Molecular mechanism and research progress on pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine in liver injury Zhang HY, Wang HL, Zhong GY, Zhu JX Pharm Biol 04-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6282438
doi:10.1080/13880209.2018.1517185
PMID:31070528
Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery Chen F, Liu X, Yu C, Chen Y, Tang H, Zhang L Hortic Res 04-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5626932
doi:10.1038/hortres.2017.51
PMID:28979789
Plant traits and environment: floating leaf blade production and turnover of waterlilies Klok PF, van der Velde G PeerJ 27-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5410161
doi:10.7717/peerj.3212
PMID:28462025
Hepatoprotective Effects of Nicotiflorin from Nymphaea candida against Concanavalin A-Induced and d-Galactosamine-Induced Liver Injury in Mice Zhao J, Zhang S, You S, Liu T, Xu F, Ji T, Gu Z Int J Mol Sci 08-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5372603
doi:10.3390/ijms18030587
PMID:28282879

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