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flower of Nelumbo nucifera at Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia. Lotus identifies various plant taxa: Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or Indian lotus; Nelumbo lutea, the American or yellow lotus; Certain species of Nymphaea (water lilies or Egyptian lotuses):
For example, the Chinese variety qian ban lian ("thousand petals lotus") can have between 3000 and 4000 petals in a single blossom [15] and the Japanese variety ohmi myoren ("strange lotus") can have between 2000 and 5000 petals, [16] the greatest number recorded for any species of plant.
Nelumbo / n ɪ ˈ l ʌ m b oʊ / [2] is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus , though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups , including the unrelated genus Lotus .
The lotus, Nelumbo nucifera. The lotus (Sanskrit: पद्म, romanized: Padmā), Nelumbo nucifera, is an aquatic plant that plays a central role in the art of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In Asian art, a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure.
Botanically, Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) may also be referred to by its former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Wild.) or Nymphaea nelumbo. This plant is an aquatic perennial, but if its seeds are preserved under favorable circumstances, they may remain viable for many years. It is national flower of india.
Nelumbonaceae is a family of aquatic flowering plants. Nelumbo is the sole extant genus, containing Nelumbo lutea , native to North America, and Nelumbo nucifera , widespread in Asia. [ 2 ] At least five other genera, Nelumbites , Exnelumbites , Paleonelumbo , Nelumbago , and Notocyamus [ 3 ] [ 4 ] are known from fossils.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Nelumbo nucifera, also known as "Indian lotus" Padma (attribute), Nelumbo nucifera in Indian religions; Lotus throne in Buddhist and Hindu art; Nymphaea caerulea, the "blue lotus" in Ancient Egyptian religion Utpala in Buddhist art; Nymphaea lotus, the "white lotus" in Ancient Egyptian religion