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Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family ... Mature plants range in height from 0.8 to 1.5 m (2.6 to 4.9 ft). ... The native distribution of the ...
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.
"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.
Nelumbo lutea Willd. – American lotus (Eastern United States, Mexico, Greater Antilles, Honduras) Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. – sacred or Indian lotus, also known as the Rose of India and the sacred water lily of Hinduism and Buddhism. [20] It is the national flower of India and Vietnam.
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Macoupin is an adaptation of the Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea. None of the native Indians remain, although some descendants of the earliest European settlers claim partial ancestry. The first European contact was by French explorers in the seventeenth century, travelling southward down the major rivers.
The macopins are apparently tubers from a species of water lily, perhaps the American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea). [9] Tubers of Nelumbo lutea have been recovered from similar roasting pits at the Elam [14] and Schwerdt [15] [16] sites on the Kalamazoo River in western Michigan; and tubers of the white water lily (Nymphaea tuberosa) have been ...