banana water-lily vs Stern-Seerose

Nymphaea mexicana compared with Nymphaea nouchali

Key Differences

• banana water-lily is Not Evaluated while Stern-Seerose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	banana water-lily	Stern-Seerose
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Nymphaeales (Seerosenartige)	Nymphaeales (Seerosenartige)
Family same	Nymphaeaceae	Nymphaeaceae
Genus same	Nymphaea	Nymphaea
Species	Nymphaea mexicana	Nymphaea nouchali

Evolutionary Relationship

banana water-lily and Stern-Seerose share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Nymphaea.

Conservation Status

banana water-lily

NE — Not Evaluated

Stern-Seerose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	banana water-lily	Stern-Seerose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

banana water-lily

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Spain), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Stern-Seerose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, and Maldives.

banana water-lily

The Banana water-lily (Nymphaea mexicana) is a species in the genus Nymphaea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Spain), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Stern-Seerose

The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali) is a species in the genus Nymphaea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and .