Nelumbo lutea
Sacred Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
Gaertn. Species
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- Botanical name
- Nelumbo nucifera
- Also known as
- East Indian Lotus, Lotus, Lotusroot, Oriental Lotus, Sacred Lotus
- Family
- Nelumbonaceae
- Genus
- Nelumbo
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Sacred Lotus
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Nelumbo nucifera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Nelumbium album
Nelumbium asiaticum
Nelumbium caspicum
Nelumbium caspium
Nelumbium discolor
Nelumbium indicum
Nelumbium javanicum
Nelumbium marginatum
Nelumbium nelumbo
Nelumbium rheedei
Nelumbium speciosum
Nelumbium speciosum f. caspicum
Nelumbium speciosum unranked album-plenum
Nelumbium speciosum unranked roseum-plenum
Nelumbium speciosum var. caspicum
Nelumbium speciosum var. tamara
Nelumbium tamara
Nelumbium transversum
Nelumbium turbinatum
Nelumbium venosum
Nelumbo caspica
Nelumbo caspica
Nelumbo caspica
Nelumbo indica
Nelumbo komarovii
Nelumbo nelumbo
Nelumbo nucifera var. macrorhizomata
Nelumbo speciosa
Nelumbo speciosa var. alba
Nelumbo speciosa var. caspica
Nelumbo speciosa var. tamara
Nymphaea nelumbo
Tamara alba
Tamara hemisphaerica
Tamara rubra
Others in Nelumbo
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