Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Nymphaea odorata listed in key words.

Results also available in (click to export table to spreadsheet)

REFTypeCut-and-Paste Reference
46699 Report Alaska Natural Heritage Program. 2011. White waterlily Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata. https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nymphaea_odorata_ssp_odorata_BIO_NYODO.pdf. Accessed 04/18/2025.
16045 Database Alexander, J., S. Markos, J. Yost, R.L. Moe, E. Dean, and M. Nazaire. 2016. Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). Regents of the University of California. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium.
10743 Report Anonymous. 1996. A checklist of the vascular plants of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada. The Nature Conservancy and US Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC.
46698 Report AquaTechnex. 2025. Barnes Lake proposal for aquatic plant management 2024-2026. AquaTechnex, LLC, Bellingham, WA. https://mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/tumwater-meet-fe8b07c941324dc1aa798754befe5ccc/ITEM-Attachment-001-8f86ef2847ba499287785bf4564802a2.pdf. Alaska Natural Heritage Program. 2011. White waterlily Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata. https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nymphaea_odorata_ssp_odorata_BIO_NYODO.pdf. Accessed 04/18/2025.
46700 Thesis or Dissertation Baker, V.P. 2025. The impacts of water lily invasion and removal on wetland ecosystem functions. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology,, Rochester, NY.
28727 Report Baldwin, L. 2012. Lake Whatcom aquatic invasive species inventory. City of Bellingham, Natural Resources Division, Bellingham, WA. https://www.cob.org/documents/pw/lw/lw-ais-inventory-report-2012.pdf.
46701 Book Bown, D. 1995. Encyclopedia of herbs and their uses. Dorling Kindersley, London.
25610 Database Calflora. 2021. The Calflora Database: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. https://www.calflora.org. Accessed on 04/17/2021.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2024. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
46702 Thesis or Dissertation Chaney, T.P. 1979. The floral biology of Nymphaea odorata Aiton. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
46703 Book Conrad H.S. 1905. The Waterlilies: A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea. The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD.
23862 Journal Article Eaton, R.J. 1947. Lemna minor as an aggressive weed in the Sudbury River. Rhodora 49(583):165–171.
46704 Journal Article Else, M.J. and D.N. Riemer. 1984. Factors affecting germination of seeds of fragrant waterlily (Nymphaea odorata). Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 22:22–25.
28080 Database Environmental Assessment Program. 2018. Washington State Lakes Environmental Data Version 1.0. Washington State Department of Ecology, Lacey, WA. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/coastalatlas/tools/LakeDetail.aspx. Accessed on 12/18/2018.
46706 Journal Article Etnier, S.A., P.J. Villani, and T.J. Ryan. 2017. Influence of light quality and quantity on heterophylly in the aquatic plant Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa (Nymphaeaceae). Northeastern Naturalist 24(2):152–164. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.0205.
10608 Report Falter, C.M., R. Naskali, J. Leonard, F. Rabe, and H. Bobisud. 1974. Aquatic macrophytes of the Columbia and Snake River drainages (United States). US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA.
46707 Book Fike, J. 2022. Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America. Red Lightning Books, Bloomington, IN.
46708 Journal Article Frodge, J.D., D.A. Marino, G.B. Pauley, and G.L. Thomas. 1995. . Mortality of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in densely vegetated littoral areas tested using in situ bioassay. Lake and Reservoir Management 11(4):343–358. https://doi.org/10.1080/07438149509354216.
17824 Report Glomski, L.M., and L.S. Nelson. 2008. Evaluation of 2,4-D ester and triclopyr amine against waterlily and spatterdock. APCRP Technical Notes Collection ERDC/TN APCRP-CC-07. US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/apccc-07.pdf.
10438 Book Hickman, J.C. (ed.). 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Univ California Press, Berkley.
31521 Report Hoang, V., C. Stahley, T. Manalu, and J. Wang. 2013. Lake Ballinger Park: Transforming a Former Golf Course into a Passive Park. City of Mountlake Terrace, Mountlake Terrace, WA. http://mountlaketerrace.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=734&meta_id=47241.
24851 Database iMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management. 2016. Oregon iMapInvasives. © NatureServe. https://www.imapinvasives.org. Accessed on 04/09/2015.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
32030 News James, A. 2018. USFS: New invasive plant discovered in Holland Lake. K96 FM. Shelby, MT. http://k96fm.com/usfs-new-invasive-plant-discovered-in-holland-lake/. Created on 09/06/2018. Accessed on 09/09/2018.
46709 Report King County Noxious Weed Control Program. 2010. Fragrant water Lily. https://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/water-and-land/weeds/Bmps/fragrant-water-lily-control.pdf.
46710 Journal Article Lázaro-Lobo, A., G. Turnage, K. Calhoun, and G.M. Ervin. 2024. Effects of select herbicides for management of American lotus, white waterlily, and watershield. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 82(1):15–22. https://doi.org/10.57257/JAPM-D-21-00021.
46711 Web Page Mascari, C. 2022. Fragrant water-lily (Nymphaea odorata). https://naturefilm.montana.edu/extension/invasiveplants/extension/monthly-weed-posts/2022-july-fragrant-water-lily.html. Accessed on 04/18/2025.
33107 Report Miller, R., and M.D. Sytsma. 2014. Aquatic invasive species surveys of eastern Oregon waterbodies in 2013 and 2014. Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Publications and Presentations, 42, Portland, OR. http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16279.
46712 Report Morgan, V.H. and M. Sytsma. 2009. Introduction to common native and potential invasive freshwater plants in Alaska. The Center for Lakes and Reservoirs at Portland State University, Portland, OR.
33777 Database Natural Resource Information Systems (NRIS). 2019. Current Invasive Plants. U.S. Forest Service. http://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php. Accessed on 08/27/2019.
45006 Database NatureServe. 2025. iMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management. NatureServe. http://www.imapinvasives.org. Accessed on 03/18/2025.
31263 Database Nelson, B. (curator). 2016. Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM). University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. http://www.rmh.uwyo.edu.
46713 Conference Proceedings Pandey, A.K., R.K. Dubey, and V. Singh. 2014. Aquatic vegetables as a source of underutilized vegetables. Page 45–59 in Winter School on Exploiting the Potential of Underutilized Vegetables of NEH Region for Nutritional Security and Economic Prosperity.
10460 Report Parsons, J. 1996. Aquatic Plant Technical Assistance Program: 1995 Acitivity Report. Washington State Dept of Ecology, Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program, Olympia, WA.
10613 Report Parsons, J. 1998. List of aquatic plants introduced to Washington, from database at Aquatic Plant Technical Assistance Program, Washington State Department Ecology, Olympia, Washington. Washington State Department Ecology, Olympia, WA.
15919 Report Pfauth, M., and M. Sytsma. 2005. Final Coastal Lakes Aquatic Plant Survey Report. Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, Portland State University. http://www.clr.pdx.edu/publications/files/CoastalLakes.05.pdf.
15907 Report Pfauth, M., and M. Sytsma. 2005. Final Coastal Lakes Aquatic Plant Survey Report. Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, Portland State University. http://www.clr.pdx.edu/publications/files/CoastalLakes.05.pdf.
46718 Journal Article Schneider, E.L. and T. Chaney. 1981. The floral biology of Nymphaea odorata (Nymphaeaceae). The Southwestern Naturalist 26:159–165. https://doi.org/10.2307/3671112.
28331 Database SEINet Portal Network. 2021. Southwest Environmental Information Network. Symbiota Software Project, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php. Accessed on 04/17/2021.
46727 Report Smith, D. 2007. Integrated aquatic vegetation management plan. Barnes Lake Management District, Tumwater, WA.
10606 Database Tank, D. (director). 2017. Stillinger Herbarium (ID). University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. http://www.uidaho.edu/herbarium.aspx.
37528 Report Tucker, A., G. Annis, L. Chadderton, E. Elgin. 2018. Port of Cleveland 2017 aquatic plant survey results. The Nature Conservancy.
37527 Report Tucker, A., W.L. Chadderton, G. Annis, E. Elgin. 2019. Interstate aquatic invasive species prevention, early detection, and response: Aquatic plant survey mothods development and site assessment. MI DEQ, MI, USA.
10352 Report Walton, S. 1996. Aquatic Plant Mapping for 36 King County Lakes. King County Surface Water Management Division.
46720 Report Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. 2013. Written findings of the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board- Nymphaea odorata. Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board, Olympia, WA. https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/pdfs/WF_Nymphaea_odorata_June_2013.pdf. Accessed 04/18/2025.
46723 Journal Article Williams, J.H., R.T. Mcneilage, M.T. Lettre, and M.L. Taylor. 2010. Pollen tube growth and the pollen-tube pathway of Nymphaea odorata (Nymphaeaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 162:581–593. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01039.x.
32049 News Wippel, T. 2018. Council learns more about ideas to control Lake Ballinger vegetation; transportation improvements public hearing Sept. 4. MLT News. https://mltnews.com/council-learns-more-about-ideas-to-control-lake-ballinger-vegetation-transportation-improvements-public-hearing-sept-4/. Created on 09/02/2018. Accessed on 09/10/2018.
46725 Journal Article Woods, K.Y, K.W. Hilu, J.H., Wiersema, and T. Borsch. 2005. Pattern of variation and systematics of Nymphaea odorata: I. Evidence from morphology and inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSRs). Systematic Botany 30(3):471–480. https://doi.org/10.1600/0363644054782161.
46724 Thesis or Dissertation Woods, K.Y. 2003. Nymphaea odorata (Water-lily, Nymphaeaceae): Analyses of molecular and morphological studies. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.


Disclaimer:

The data represented on this site vary in accuracy, scale, completeness, extent of coverage and origin. It is the user's responsibility to use these data consistent with their intended purpose and within stated limitations. We highly recommend reviewing metadata files prior to interpreting these data.

Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2026]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/14/2026].

Contact us if you are using data from this site for a publication to make sure the data are being used appropriately and for potential co-authorship if warranted.

For general information and questions about the database, contact Wesley Daniel. For problems and technical issues, contact Matthew Neilson.