Nymphaea stuhlmannii (Engl.) Schweinf. & Gilg (1903:236)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Nymphaea lotus var. stuhlmannii Engl. in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 178 (1895); Nymphaea citrina Peter in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 62 (1928); Nymphaea holoxantha Peter in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 60 (1928); Nymphaea burttii Pring & Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 1 (1933)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in: 2023 (Mollel, 2024)
It was previously feared extinct (Magdalena, 2018:122)
Distribution & Habitat
Tanzania
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Magdalena, Carlos. (2017). The Plant Messiah. Viking. 224 pp.
Magdalena, Carlos. (2018). Warm Waterlilies, pp. 122-131. In: The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species. Penguin Books. 218 pp.
Mollel, N. (2024). Nymphaea stuhlmannii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T185721A248552468. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T185721A248552468.en. Accessed on 26 October 2025.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 26 October 2025]
Verdcourt, B. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Nymphaeaceae: 1-12.