Family · Other eudicots
Nelumbonaceae
Sacred lotus
Single genus Nelumbo: aquatic herbs with large peltate leaves and showy flowers, superficially resembling but not related to water lilies.
- Accepted species
- 2accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈23 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Europemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Nelumbo nucifera (sacred lotus)
- Nelumbo lutea (American lotus)
Where it grows
- Europe1
- Asia-Temperate1
- Asia-Tropical1
- Australasia1
- Northern America1
- Southern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Nelumbonaceae sits in the order Proteales.