Nymphaeaceae


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Noun1.Nymphaeaceae - dicot aquatic plantsNymphaeaceae - dicot aquatic plants      
family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
water lily - an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea - the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies
genus Nuphar, Nuphar - spatterdocks
Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
Cabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
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Vegetation at the study site is mainly dominated by common reed Phragmites australis, lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia and seaside bulrush Sciprus maritimus, and secondarily by Nymphaeaceae (Nymphea alba), Araceae (Lemna gibba), and some species of Juncaceae (Juncus maritimus, J.
Effect of Air Temperature and Water Depth on Bird Abundance: A Case Study of Rallidae and Anatidae in the Northeastern Algerian Garaet Hadj Tahar
Ogbemudia, Antibacterial Activity of Leave Extracts of Nymphaea lotus (Nymphaeaceae) on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) Isolated from Clinical Samples, Ann Biol Res, 1, 174 (2010).
Phytochemical Screening and Anthelmintic Activity of Flueggea virosa
The mantid was able to reach the fish by perching on leaves of water lilies (Nymphaeaceae) and water cabbage (genus Pistia Linnaeus, 1785) growing on the surface of the pond.
The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)
(2005) dated the crown group of Nymphaeales (then assumed to consist of only Cabombaceae and Nymphaeaceae) as 44.6 [+ or -]7.9 Ma (Eocene), which led them to suggest that the early Albian flower Monetianthus, thought by Friis et al.
Phylogenetic Analyses of Cretaceous Fossils Related to Chloranthaceae and their Evolutionary Implications
A total of seven plant species were found, and belong to seven families: Characeae (Chara sp.) (S), Salviniaceae (Salvinia auriculata Aubl.) (F), Cabombaceae (Cabomba aquatica Aubl.) (S), Nymphaeaceae (Nymphaea pulchella DC Syst.) (F), Poaceae (Leersia cf.
Interacciones entre las diferentes formas biologicas de los macrofitos acuaticos en un reservorio eutrofico tropical del Noreste de Brasil
Antibacterial efficiency of Nelumbo nucifera (Nymphaeaceae) rhizome extract.
Screening of Some Commonly Used Plant Extracts for their Effects on Some Gut Pathogens and Probiotics
For instance, 10 microsatellite markers have been used to assess genetic diversity of Euryale ferox (Nymphaeaceae), a "vulnerable" species in Japan [10].
Aquatic Plant Genomics: Advances, Applications, and Prospects
& L.M.Perry Nymphaeaceae Nymphae a alba L Niloofar Papaveraceae Fumaria parviflora Lam.
Cardiovascular aspects of geriatric medicines in traditional Persian medicine; a review of phytochemistry and pharmacology
Megamelus davisi feeds on yellow pond lily (Nuphar advena [Aiton]; Nymphaeaceae), and its eggs are parasitized by Kalopolynema ema (Schauff and Grissell) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) (Fig.
Utilization of an introduced weed biological control agent, Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), by a native parasitoid

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