Brachyceras is a subgenus of the genus Nymphaea.

[3] The flowers are diurnal[5] and extend above the water surface.

[3] The stamens have an apical, conspicuous, sterile appendage.

Later, it was elevated to the subgenus Nymphaea subg.

[1][2][8] The type species is Nymphaea stellata Willd.