Living Beings

    order · Scientific classification

    Nymphaeales

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    Source-identified Victoria amazonica; Cultivated giant waterlily photographed at Nilambur, India. Framed for display
    Giant Waterlily · Vinayaraj · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassMagnoliopsida
    6. OrderNymphaeales
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Spermatophyta clade
    10. Magnoliopsida class
    11. Nymphaeales order

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Nymphaeaceae · family

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Victoria amazonica; Cultivated giant waterlily photographed at Nilambur, India. Framed for display
    Species · Victoria

    Giant Waterlily

    Victoria amazonica

    Victoria amazonica is an aquatic flowering plant with large floating leaves and remarkable night-opening flowers. It belongs to a genus of giant …