Nymphaeaceae

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Waterlily at Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area

Water lilies at Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya.

Water Lily in Mombasa, Kenya.

Nymphaeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. The family is also called the "water-lily family". The white water lily is the national flower of Bangladesh. It is also the birth flower for July.

Water-lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria.

Horticulturally, water-lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either day or night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.

The viability of water lily seeds is exceptionally long, around 2000 years.

Water Lilies are most famously represented in popular culture by the French artist Claude Monet in a series of paintings.

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