Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 552

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-COMMON_NAMES-Blue Water-Lily
-GENUS-Nymphaea
-SPECIES- Nymphaea caerulea
-CLASS-Polyandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Dryander

-MODERN_GENUS-Nymphaea
-MODERN_SPECIES-Nymphaea capensis
-MODERN_FAMILY-Nymphaeceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-bright blue
-SEASON- summer - "kept in the stove" - greenhouse plant    
-NATIVE_REGION-Cape of Good Hope (S Africa) 
-ZONE-10
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 16
-PUB_DATE- 1802
-REISSUED-    __
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0413 IMG0046.PCD