As stamen are more than 50, compared to 10 to 30 in *Nymphaea nouchali*, image should be of *Nymphaea micrantha* Perr. & Guill. <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/n/nymphaeaceae/nymphaea/nymphaea-micrantha-1> as per images and references herein.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Date: 29 October 2014 at 20:37 Subject: [efloraofindia:204637] Names of Plants in India :: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > N <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/n> > *Nymphaea nouchali* Burm.f. ... *family*: Nymphaeaceae [image: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F312641357&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcsHg3qTdm1Aif26xQ4Ht690ZBNWw> [image: Flowers of India] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBlue%2520Water%2520Lily.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd0oUmQiBEGzNb0XrUFnI602HycDg> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Nymphaea%20nouchali%7Csort:date%7Cspell:true> [image: more views in flickr] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DNymphaeanouchali%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdOy6FdSgLA4T6vwdl1SZSC4SlJKg> [image: more views on Google Earth] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DNymphaeanouchali%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzefQ3Jwd4H6qDkehDk0nPIRu8h_UA> *NIM-fee-uh* or *nim-FAY-uh* -- from the Greek mythology *Nymphaia* (water goddess) ... Dave's Botanary <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DNymphaea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_mICs7NTPUYtsvUdu92TzLvQeUQ> ¿ *nouchali* ? -- etymology ? *commonly known as*: blue lotus <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/blue-lotus> , blue water lily <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/blue-water-lily> , star lotus <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/star-lotus> • *Assamese*: কুমুদ kumud <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/assamese/kumuda-kumud> • *Bengali*: শাপলা shapla <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/sapala-shapla> • *Gujarati*: કુમુદ kumud <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/kumuda-kumud> • *Hindi*:नीलकमल neelkamal <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/nilakamala-neelkamal> • *Kannada*: ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/naidile-naidile> • *Kashmiri*: कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/kumudapuspam-kumudapushpam> • *Konkani*: साळुक saluka <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/saluka-saluka> • *Malayalam*:ആമ്പല് ambal <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/ampal-ambal> , ചിറ്റാമ്പല് cirrambal <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/cirrampal-cirrambal> • *Manipuri*: থরিক থরো thariktharo <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/manipuri/tharika-tharo-thariktharo> • *Marathi*: कुमुद kumud <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/kumuda-kumud> • *Nepali*: निल कमल nil kamal <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/nila-kamala-nil-kamal> • *Oriya*: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/nila-ka-im-nila-kaim> • *Pali*: इंदीवर indivara <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/pali/indivara-indivara> • *Persian*: نيلوفر nilofar <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/persian/nilofar> • *Punjabi*: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/nilophara-nilofar> • *Sanskrit*: इन्दीवर indivara <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/indivara-indivara> • *Tamil*: கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/karuneytal-karu-neytal> •*Telugu*: ఇందీవరము indivaramu <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/indivaramu-indivaramu> Blue Water Lily is the *State Flower <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/home/state-flowers>* of two states of India: *Andhra Pradesh* and *Telangana* (indivaramu, Telugu: ఇందీవరము). *botanical names*: *Nymphaea nouchali* Burm.f. ... *synonyms*: *Nymphaea cyanea* Roxb. ex G.Don • *Nymphaea stellata* Willd. ... more synonyms listed at NPGS / GRIN <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F402222&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzczTiduAcGmAiPVWYLxozFxBjQaxg> • *The Plant List* (2013). 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