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  2. Nelumbo lutea - Wikipedia

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    Common names include American lotus, yellow lotus, water-chinquapin, and volée. It is native to North America . The botanical name Nelumbo lutea Willd. is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names Nelumbium luteum and Nelumbo pentapetala , among others.

  3. Nelumbo - Wikipedia

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    However, there are only two known living species of lotus. One is the better-known Nelumbo nucifera, which is native to East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and probably Australia and is commonly cultivated for consumption and use in traditional Chinese medicine. The other lotus is Nelumbo lutea, which is native to North America and the ...

  4. Nelumbo nucifera - Wikipedia

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    The lotus flower was included in Kaveh the blacksmith's Derafsh and later as the flag of the Sasanian Empire Derafsh Kaviani. Today, it is the symbol of Iranians Solar Hijri calendar. The lotus flower is also mentioned in the Bible. [99] The lotus flower also holds cultural and religious significance in Ismaili Muslim and related South Asian ...

  5. What Does the Lotus Flower Symbolize, Exactly? Experts Reveal ...

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    "The American lotus—Nelumbo lutea—has long been revered by native peoples of North America as a mystical herb, symbol of purity and essential food plant," Gemma shares.

  6. List of plants known as lotus - Wikipedia

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    Nymphaea lotus, white lotus or sacred lotus; Nymphaea nouchali, also known as blue or star lotus (sometimes thought to be the same species as Nymphaea caerulea above) Lotus (including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches), a terrestrial genus with small flowers; Saussurea (snow lotus), a herbaceous species from the Himalayan vicinity

  7. The Real Meaning and Symbolism Behind the Lotus Flower

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    The lotus is a central symbol in many Eastern cultures, which consider it to be one of the most sacred plants in the world. Lotus flowers feature in the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphics, antique ...

  8. Nelumbonaceae - Wikipedia

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    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. Nelumbonaceae were once included in the waterlily family, Nymphaeaceae.

  9. Lotus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (), [2] is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) [3] and deervetches. [4] Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 species are accepted, all legumes; American species formerly placed in the genus have been transferred to other genera.