Water Lily family : NYMPHAEACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia
including Barclayaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Euryalaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nupharaceae, and Nymphaceae

Flower
Families 		Flowers in Australia
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe
  
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Nelumbo nucifera
Indian Lotus
Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson
Kuranda, Queensland

Nelumbo speciosum
Egyptian Lotus
Wyee, November 2006

Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
Blue Lotus
Nambour, October 2006

Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
Red Water Lily
Wyee, November 2006

Nymphaea gigantea
Blue Cloud
Photo: courtesy of
Scott Gavins
Fraser Coast, December 2020

Nymphaea helvola
Miniature Water Lily
Wyee, December 2006

Nymphaea immutabilis
Suffused Water Lily
2002 Australia Post

Nymphaea 'Sunrise'
Water Lily 'Sunrise'
Wyee, December 2006

The only caterpillar we know of in Australia that attacks plants in NYMPHAEACEAE is


Spodoptera litura,
NOCTUIDAE

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Australian
Australian Butterflies
butterflies
Australian
Australian caterpillars
Lepidoptera
Australian
Australian Moths
moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 12 February 2024)