Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.
Nymphaea glandulifera produces ovoid tubers, which do not produce stolons. The petiole has two sets of air channels: Four central channels and four peripheral smaller channels.
The flowers have a green peduncle, which has six bigger air channels and twelve smaller peripheral air channels. The flowers open at dusk and close by midnight. This species does not have proliferating pseudanthia.
Only sexual reproduction is known to occur in this species. No stolons or proliferate pseudanthia are known to occur in Nymphaea glandulifera. Autogamy is thought to occur in this species. Additionally, there have been reports of Cyclocephala castanea beetles visiting Nymphaea glandulifera flowers in Surinam.
In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water.
The type specimen was collected by Rodschied in Guyana.
It is placed within Nymphaea subg. Hydrocallis.
The specific epithet glandulifera means "gland bearing".
It is suitable for small aquariums.