Victoria

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Lilice di Victoria sp. ///in the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus Photograph by Dirk van der Made*///
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Lilice di Victoria sp. ///in the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus
Photograph by Dirk van der Made
*///

The genus Victoria represents the giant water lilies. The most famous, Victoria amazonica, is the largest of all the water lilies with leaves sometimes nearly 3 m in diameter, on stalks 7-8 m in length. Victoria is named after Queen Victoria.


[edit] Species

Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) Sowerby
Victoria cruziana A. D. Orb
Victoria mattogrossensis