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|accepted_name=Nelumbo
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 76, 582. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|common_names=Lotus
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nelumbonaceae;Nelumbo
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nelumbonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nelumbo]]</div></div>
|etymology=Ceylonese vernacular name
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>forming swollen storage tubers late in growing season. <b>Leaf</b> blade peltate, orbiculate, margins entire. <b>Flowers</b> exceeding leaves, to 2.5 dm or more diam.; tepals caducous or outermost persistent, 14-30, white to pink-purple or yellow; stamens 100-200. <b>Fruits</b> somewhat globose or ovoid; receptacle gradually or abruptly narrowed from top to base, base tapered to rounded, lateral surface striate or rugose. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;Asia;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Tepals pale yellow, outermost normally persistent; mature fruits mostly less than 1.25 times longer than wide.
|[[Nelumbo lutea|Nelumbo lutea]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Tepals pink or white, all normally caducous; mature fruits mostly more than 1.5 times longer than wide.
|[[Nelumbo nucifera|Nelumbo nucifera]]
|}
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name=Nelumbo
|author=
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Nelumbonaceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;Asia;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=
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|genus=Nelumbo
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