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|accepted_name=Nelumbo lutea
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1259. 1799 (as Nelumbium luteum)
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|common_names=American lotus;yellow lotus;water-chinquapin;volée
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nelumbonaceae;Nelumbo;Nelumbo lutea
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nelumbo lutea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> petiole to 2 m or more. <b>Leaf</b> blade to 6 dm or more. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals pale yellow, 1-13 cm, outermost 1-5 normally persistent; anthers 1-2 cm. <b>Fruits</b> somewhat globose, 10-16 × 8-13 mm, mostly less than 1.25 times longer than wide; receptacle to 1 dm diam. at maturity, abruptly narrowed ca. 1-2 cm below flattened top, base tapered, lateral surface usually distinctly striate. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Mostly flood plains of major rivers in ponds, lakes, pools in marshes and swamps, and backwaters of reservoirs
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Introduced at other sites;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba;Jamaica;and Hispaniola);Central America (Honduras).
|discussion=<p><i>Nelumbo lutea</i> is a species as magnificent as its Asian relative, <i>N. nucifera</i>, but it is less cultivated for ornament. It was probably originally confined to flood plains of major rivers and their tributaries in the east-central United States and carried northward and eastward by aborigines who used the seeds and tubers for food. The species is sometimes an aggressive, difficult-to-eradicate weed in ponds, lakes, and reservoirs.</p><!--
--><p>Although <i>Nelumbo lutea</i> is often attributed to (Willdenow) Persoon, the spelling Nelumbium luteum used by Willdenow is an orthographic error for <i>Nelumbo lutea</i> (W. Greuter et al. 1994, Art. 61.4) that should be corrected, and Persoon's later combination is superfluous.</p><!--
--><p>The name <i>Nelumbo</i> pentapetala (Walter) Fernald, sometimes used for this taxon, was based on <i>Nymphaea</i> pentapetala Walter, a name of uncertain application that has been recently proposed for rejection (J. H. Wiersema and J. L. Reveal 1991).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=hall1944a
|text=Hall, T. F. and W. T. Penfound. 1944. The biology of the American lotus Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 31: 744-758.
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|id=schneider1980a
|text=Schneider, E. L. and J. D. Buchanan. 1980. Morphological studies of the Nymphaeaceae. XI. The floral biology of Nelumbo pentapetala. Amer. J. Bot. 67: 182-193.
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name=Nelumbo lutea
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Nelumbonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Mostly flood plains of major rivers in ponds, lakes, pools in marshes and swamps, and backwaters of reservoirs
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Introduced at other sites;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba;Jamaica;and Hispaniola);Central America (Honduras).
|reference=hall1944a;schneider1980a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Weedy
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|genus=Nelumbo
|species=Nelumbo lutea
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