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Colombian Giant Waterlily
Victoria colombiana
Victoria colombiana is a species of aquatic plant in the family Nymphaeaceae endemic to Colombia. It may be a critically endangered species.
From the article Victoria colombiana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Vegetative characteristics The floating leaves are up to 2 m wide. They appear between April and October.
Generative characteristics The ephemeral flowers have a cubic-globose ovary with flexible, short prickles, and sunken lateral faces. The flowers appear in July and August.
Range & habitat
V. colombiana is endemic to Colombia, where it has been recorded from the Inirida River of the Orinoco basin jungle. The type specimen was collected on the 28 July 2024 by Mauricio Bernal, Carlos Magdalena, Nilo Rodríguez, Jaime Hernández, and Gustavo Melo in the Cejal Lake, El Paujil Indigenous Reserve, Inírida Municipality, Guainía Department, Colombia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The specific epithet colombiana refers to the country Colombia, where it is found.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Victoria colombiana in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1716142.