Nymphaeales

Nymphaeales is an order of plants, which consists of water lilies and other aquatic plants.

Nymphaeales
Nymphaea lotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Division:
Angiospermae
Order:
Nymphaeales

Dumortier
Families

Nymphaeaceae
Cabombaceae
Hydatellaceae

This order is considered to be a basal, or early diverging, group of angiosperms. The families of this order are united by being families of aquatic herbs and are known from the fossil record as early as the Lower Cretaceous.

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