| Author | Title | Journal/publisher | Literature ref. no. | 
| Troupin, G. (1978) | Nymphaeaceae | Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I 279-282 | 1415 | 
Note that the process of capturing references from species to the literature and the reverse may be incomplete.
| Species found: 3 | 
| Nymphaea heudelotii | 
| Nymphaea lotus | 
| Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea |