Taxon: Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.

Summary

Genus:

Nymphaea

Subgenus:

Nymphaea

Section:

Xanthantha

Family:

Nymphaeaceae

Nomen number:

25439

Place of publication:

Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1:365. 1832

Verified:

12/13/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Castalia mexicana (Zucc.) J. M. Coult.
Leuconymphaea mexicana (Zucc.) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Castalia flava (Leitn. ex A. Gray) Greene
Leuconymphaea flava (Leitn. ex A. Gray) Kuntze
Nymphaea flava Leitn. ex A. Gray
Nymphaea lutea Treat
Nymphaea planchonii Casp. ex Conard, nom. inval.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Capperino, M. E. & E. L. Schneider. 1985. Floral biology of Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. (Nymphaeaceae). Aquatic Bot. 23:83-93.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1975. Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States, 2 vols.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Garcia-Murillo, P. 1993. Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini in the Iberian Peninsula. Aquatic Bot. 44:407-409.
George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979-1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hofstra, D. E. et al. 2013. Comparison of use rates and treatment timing with glyphosate to control Mexican water lily. J. Aquatic Pl. Managem. 51:69-76.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Johnstone, I. M. 1982. Yellow waterlily (Nymphaea mexicana in Lake Ohakuri, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 20:387-389.
Koul, K. & A. R. Naqshi. 1988. Nymphaeaceae of Jammu and Kashmir. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85:454-456.
Lot, A. et al. 1986. Angiospermas acuáticas mexicanas 1. Listados florísticos de México. 5:56.
Lot, A. et al. 1999. Catálogo de angiospermas acuáticas de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 33:97.
Mauve, A. A. 1968. The yellow water-lily of the Vaal River. Fauna & Fl. (Pretoria) 19:24.
Novelo, A. & J. Bonilla-Barbosa. 1999. Nymphaeaceae. In: Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds., Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 77:8-9.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Ricketson, J. 1995. Nymphaeaceae Waterlily family. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:27.
Singh, N. P., eds. 2002-. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Wanderley, M. G. L., ed. 2001-. Flora fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo
Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	banana water-lily	1	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
English	Mexican water-lily	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	yellow water-lily	1	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma	s.e. (introd.?)	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama	s.	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia	s.e.	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	s.	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi	s.	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina	e.	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Novelo, A. & J. Bonilla-Barbosa. 1999. Nymphaeaceae. In: Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds., Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 77:8-9.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Novelo, A. & J. Bonilla-Barbosa. 1999. Nymphaeaceae. In: Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds., Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 77:8-9.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Novelo, A. & J. Bonilla-Barbosa. 1999. Nymphaeaceae. In: Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds., Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 77:8-9.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa		the plants involved may be of hybrid origin	Mauve, A. A. 1968. The yellow water-lily of the Vaal River. Fauna & Fl. (Pretoria) 19:24.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir	the plants involved may be of hybrid origin	Singh, N. P., eds. 2002-. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia		the plants involved may be of hybrid origin	George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand		the plants involved may be of hybrid origin	Johnstone, I. M. 1982. Yellow waterlily (Nymphaea mexicana in Lake Ohakuri, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 20:387-389.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		the plants involved may be of hybrid origin	Garcia-Murillo, P. 1993. Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini in the Iberian Peninsula. Aquatic Bot. 44:407-409.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	introd.?	Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (s.e. (introd.?))]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.e.), Louisiana (s.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Hidalgo, México, Michoacán de Ocampo]

Naturalized
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa (the plants involved may be of hybrid origin)

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir (the plants involved may be of hybrid origin)]

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia (the plants involved may be of hybrid origin)
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand (the plants involved may be of hybrid origin)

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (the plants involved may be of hybrid origin)

Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (introd.?)]

Reference(s)

Garcia-Murillo, P. 1993. Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini in the Iberian Peninsula. Aquatic Bot. 44:407-409.
George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Johnstone, I. M. 1982. Yellow waterlily (Nymphaea mexicana in Lake Ohakuri, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 20:387-389.
Mauve, A. A. 1968. The yellow water-lily of the Vaal River. Fauna & Fl. (Pretoria) 19:24.
Novelo, A. & J. Bonilla-Barbosa. 1999. Nymphaeaceae. In: Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds., Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 77:8-9.
Singh, N. P., eds. 2002-. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir
Wiersema, J. H. 1997. Nymphaea. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: comments that forms natural hybrids with Nymphaea odorata

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Weed			Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25439. Accessed 17 April 2026.