PLANTS Profile for Nelumbo nucifera (sacred lotus)

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PLANTS Profile

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
sacred lotus

Symbol:

NENU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nelumbonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

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Synonyms:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

	NENE3	Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce
	NESP4	Nelumbium speciosum Willd., orth. var.
	NESP3	Nelumbo speciosa Willd.

Distribution:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, SC, TN, WV)

Related Taxa:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

View 1 genera in Nelumbonaceae, 2 species in Nelumbo

Classification:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Nymphaeales
Family	Nelumbonaceae – Lotus-lily family
Genus	Nelumbo Adans. – lotus
Species	Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. – sacred lotus

Introduced Information:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18400.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:54 PM CDT