Nymphoides cristata (Crested floatingheart)

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Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) Kuntze

Crested floatingheart, white snowflake

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Menyanthes cristata Roxb.
Nymphoides hydrophylla auct. non (Lour.) Kuntze

4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Menyanthaceae	From Ancient Greek μηνύανθος (mēnúanthos, “a water plant”), possibly from μήνη (mḗnē, “month, crescent moon”) or μηνύω (mēnúō, “to disclose”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) in reference to the sequential opening of flowers on the inflorescence
Genus	Nymphoides	Like genus Nymphaea, which in turn is from the Greek nymphaia, referring to a water nymph
Species	cristata	Crested or comb-like

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Nymphoides cristata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.