View source for Nelumbo ← Nelumbo You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |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= }}<!-- --><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><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;Asia;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| 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]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Nelumbo |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= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_150.xml |genus=Nelumbo }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Nelumbonaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Nelumbonaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Nelumbo.