List of plants known as lotus

Lotus identifies various plant taxa:

  • Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers known as lotuses, having two extant species:
  • Certain species of Nymphaea, a genus of aquatic plants known as water lilies, are also known as Egyptian lotus or Egyptian water lily:
  • 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
flower of Nelumbo nucifera at Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia.
flower of Nelumbo nucifera at Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia.

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