Victoria amazonica

Queen Victoria's water lily
	Victoria amazonica at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Victoria
Species:	V. amazonica
Binomial name
	Victoria amazonica; (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby
Synonyms
	Euryale amazonica Poepp; Nymphaea victoria M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl.; Victoria regina R.H.Schomb.; Victoria regia Lindl.;

Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the second largest in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the lilytrotter's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower") in Inca (Quechua). Its native region is tropical South America, specifically Guyana and the Amazon Basin.

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Queen Victoria's water lily

Victoria amazonica at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Victoria
Species:	V. amazonica
Binomial name
*Victoria amazonica* (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby
Synonyms^[1]^[2]^[3]
Euryale amazonica Poepp Nymphaea victoria M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl. Victoria regina R.H.Schomb. Victoria regia Lindl.