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However, Nelumbo lutea populations are declining in the U.S. due to habitat destruction, and it has been listed as threatened or endangered in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and extirpated in Delaware. [7] Their populations have a low level of genetic diversity, showing variation among different populations rather than within ...
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.
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 nucifera seed head. The characteristics of seed lotus cultivars are a large number of carpels and seed sets as well as large seeds with better nutritional properties. Roots of these varieties are thin, fibrous, and do not form good rhizomes. [35]
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):
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The Nymphaeaceae are annual or perennial, [7] aquatic, rhizomatous herbs. [7] [8] The family is further characterized by scattered vascular bundles in the stems, and frequent presence of latex, usually with distinct, stellate-branched sclereids projecting into the air canals.