Species profile

Accepted name
Nymphaea prolifera Wiersema Species
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Nymphaeales
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Nymphaea
Distribution
Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco); El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Ecuador; WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Cordillera, Neembucu, Paraguari); Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Santa Fe); Argentina Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil West-Central; Costa Rica
Published in
Wiersema. (1984). In: Brittonia 36(3): 219.

Media and observations

Aquatic herb. (Checklist of vascular plants of the Ñeembucú Department, Paraguay)

Voucher: M. Peña-Chocarro et al. 2371 (BM, CTES, FCQ, MO, SI). (Checklist of vascular plants of the Ñeembucú Department, Paraguay)

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3697272 https://www.gbif.org/species/3697272 · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM