List of plants known as lotus
Index of plants with the same common name
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lotus identifies various plant taxa:
- Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers known as lotuses, having two extant species:
- Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or Indian lotus
- Nelumbo lutea, the American or yellow lotus
- Certain species of Nymphaea, a genus of aquatic plants known as water lilies, are also known as Egyptian lotus or Egyptian water lily:
- Nymphaea caerulea, also known as blue lotus
- Nymphaea lotus, white lotus or sacred lotus
- Nymphaea nouchali, also known as blue or star lotus (sometimes thought to be the same species as Nymphaea caerulea above)
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus of legumes with small flowers, including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
- Certain species of Saussurea, a genus of herbaceous plant, are known as snow lotus, particularly those from the Himalayan vicinity
- Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit
- Diospyros lotus, a tree with edible fruit known as the date-plum or Caucasian persimmon
See also
- Lotus (disambiguation)
- Lotus tree, the mythological incarnation of Lotis
- Sacred lotus
This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name (vernacular name).
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article.