How to identify Amazon Giant Waterlily
Identify Amazon Giant Waterlily by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Enormous floating leaves with an upturned rim, largest water lily leaves in the world.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm it sits within the Nymphaeaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Amazon Giant Waterlily.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Victoria amazonica
- Genus
- Victoria
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“These leaves are enormously buoyant if the weight is distributed evenly over the entire surface of the leaf (as by a piece of plywood, which should be of neutral buoyancy).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amazon Giant Waterlily itself; the rest are typical of the Nymphaeaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amazon Giant Waterlily itself; the rest are typical of the Nymphaeaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Amazon Giant Waterlily
Amazon Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica) is a species in the Nymphaeaceae family.
Nymphaeaceae
Water-Lily Family
Amazon Giant Waterlily belongs to the Nymphaeaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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