Checklist of Nymphaeales
that grow without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

 (compiled by the Champlain Project)


Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's Nymphaeales. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.





Family Genus Specific Epithet authority Sub-specific Epithet authority common name or hybrid formula Source (full citation given after this table)
Nymphaeaceae Brasenia schreberi J. F. Gmel.     water-shield Greene et al. (2005)
Nymphaeaceae Nuphar variegata Dur.     spatterdock Greene et al. (2005)
Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea odorata Ait.     white water-lily Greene et al. (2005) as Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea tuberosa Paine     ? Greene et al. (2005) as Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa


Source:
   Greene, Craig W., Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber. 2005. Vascular Flora of the Acadia National Park Region. Rhodora 107(930):117-185. [Note: Greene et al. included nine islands near Mount Desert Island in their "MDI unit". Thus, it will be necessary for the Champlain Project to verify the presence of each of the above species on Mount Desert Island itself.]