Nymphaea nouchali
Blue Lotus
IUCN: least concern
16
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1931
First collected
2008
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Nymphaea nouchali, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
Where Bishop collected it
6 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1930s2000s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1931 by Grant, M.L. (Tahiti).
From the collection
