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Nymphaeales


White Egyptian Lotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Nymphaeales
Families

Cabombaceae - fanwort s
Nymphaeaceae - water lilies

The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, including two families of aquatic herbs:

Sometimes the Cabombaceae are included within the Nymphaeaceae. The older Cronquist system also included the following familes:

The Nymphaeales, taken in the narrower sense, appear to have diverged from the other flowers very early on, representing a basal clade offshoot to the flowering plants.





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