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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.
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 .
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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.
N. lutea may refer to: Napoleonaea lutea, a woody plant; Nauclea lutea, a tree with glossy leaves; Nelima lutea, a daddy longlegs; Nelumbo lutea, an aquatic plant; Neoeromene lutea, a grass moth; Neptunia lutea, a perennial plant; Nomada lutea, a cuckoo bee; Nudaurelia lutea, a large moth; Nuphar lutea, an aquatic plant
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 ...