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Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. Common names include American lotus , yellow lotus , water-chinquapin , and volée . It is native to North America .
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):
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 .
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.
Cladrastis kentukea, the Kentucky yellowwood or American yellowwood (syn. C. lutea, C. tinctoria), is a species of Cladrastis native to the Southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama. The tree is sometimes also called ...
Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, [1] or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often refers to members of the family Nymphaeaceae .
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The Croatan National Forest (/ ˈ k r oʊ ə t æ n /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture.