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Taxon:  Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Nelumbo
Family:
Nelumbonaceae
Nomen number:
25110
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 1:73, t. 19. fig. 2. 1788
Verified:
06/01/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nelumbo speciosa Willd.
Nymphaea nelumbo L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nelumbo caspica Eichw.
Nelumbo komarovii Grossh.
Nelumbo nelumbo (L.) Druce, nom. inval.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Borsch, T. & W. Barthlott. 1996. Classification and distribution of the genus Nelumbo Adans. (Nelumbonaceae). Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 68:421-450.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Duke, J. A. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
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  10. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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Common names
English
East Indian lotus –
lotus –
lotusroot –
Oriental lotus –
sacred lotus –
French
fève d'Egypte –
lotus indien –
lotus sacré –
German
indische Lotosblume –
indischer Lotus –
India
padma –
Portuguese
lotus-do-Egito –
Portuguese (Brazil)
flor-de-lotus –
lótus –
lótus-índico –
lótus-sagrado –
Spanish
loto sagrado –
rosa del Nilo –
Swedish
indisk lotus –
Transcribed Chinese
lian –
Transcribed Korean
yeonkkot –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan (e.)
  • CHINA: China (s. & e.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Amur]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.w.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory (n.), Queensland]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Bee plants
Environmental
ornamental (fide Dict Gard) –
Human food
nut (fide Pl Res SEAs 9:131. 1996) –
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_43.html,) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Social
religious/secular (fide Dict Econ Prod India, as N. speciosum) –


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