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Nymphaeaceae Collection

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea sp. water lily

Nymphaea sp. water lily
Watercolour No. 15 by Walter Hood Fitch, c. mid-1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily

Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London. Painted by Sydenham Teast Edwards and engraved by Francis Sansom

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea coerulea, blue Egyptian water lily

Nymphaea coerulea, blue Egyptian water lily
Illustration from The Temple of Flora (1812) by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis, cape blue waterlily

Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis, cape blue waterlily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 133

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Fran Kern with herbarium specimen

Fran Kern with herbarium specimen
Fran Kern a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is Nymphaea candida C. Presl, candid water lily collected in Sweden

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea odorata var. minor

Nymphaea odorata var. minor
Plate 45. Watercolour on paper, 1901 by Mrs Hosea B. Morse (Annie Josephine Wexford) (1853-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1901

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaeaceae - Water Lily

Nymphaeaceae - Water Lily
Nymphaeaceae: the water lily tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246

Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea nelumbo, sacred Egyptian bean

Nymphaea nelumbo, sacred Egyptian bean
Illustration from The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton (1768?-1837). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea sp. water lily: underside of leaf

Nymphaea sp. water lily: underside of leaf
Plate 3 from Victoria Regia 1854, by John Fisk Allen. Illustration by William Sharp

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea lotus, water lily of Malabar

Nymphaea lotus, water lily of Malabar
Watercolour by T. Reichel, 1789. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea capensis, cape blue water lily

Nymphaea capensis, cape blue water lily
Unsigned artwork from early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea ampla, water lily

Nymphaea ampla, water lily
Watercolour no. 15 by Ralph Stennett, 1806. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea rubra Roxb. red Indian water lily

Nymphaea rubra Roxb. red Indian water lily
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea lotus, water lily

Nymphaea lotus, water lily
Plate 6 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily

Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 132

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nuphar lutea ssp. Advena, spatter-doc

Nuphar lutea ssp. Advena, spatter-doc
Drawing 8/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 102

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea stellata L. water lily

Nymphaea stellata L. water lily
Watercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea alba, white water lily

Nymphaea alba, white water lily
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907/8. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea sp. water lilies

Nymphaea sp. water lilies
Plate 9 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nuphar luteum, yellow pond lily

Nuphar luteum, yellow pond lily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 115

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea caerula, water lily

Nymphaea caerula, water lily
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Nenuphar bleu

Background imageNymphaeaceae Collection: Nymphaea Mooreana (Water Lily)

Nymphaea Mooreana (Water Lily), an acquatic plant of the Nymphaeaceae family. It has a yellow flower with an orange centre


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