Common name
English: Sacred lotus
German: Indischer Lotus
Mandarin: 莲 (lian)
Portuguese: Lótus
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Nymphaeales (4)
Family: Nelumbonaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Nelumbo (1)
Epithet: nucifera L. (2)
Synonyms: Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce, Nelumbium speciosum Willd., Nelumbo speciosa Willd.
nucifera => bearing nuts
speciosa => beautiful
speciosum => beautiful
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: pink, white
External links
Check for Nelumbo nucifera at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [77] Nelumbo nucifera - University of Florida
- [313] Nelumbo nucifera - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [608] Nelumbo nucifera - Plants For A Future database
- [1628] Nelumbo nucifera - Flora of China @ efloras.org