Nelumbo nucifera

Family:NELUMBONACEAE
Species:Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Common Name:Sacred Lotus; Pink Lotus; Oriental Lotus Lily
Habitat:Edges of lakes.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:NENU2
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyNELUMBONACEAE - Lotus-Lily family
Genus Nelumbo
Species Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. - Sacred Lotus; Pink Lotus; Oriental Lotus Lily

Citation

Citation Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 73. 1788.
Basionym: REPLACED: Nymphaea nelumbo L. 1753.
Type: Type not designated.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cyamus nelumbo Cyamus nelumbo (Linnaeus) Smith, Exot. Bot. 1: 59. 1804.Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo alba Nelumbo alba Berchtold & J. Presl, Prir. Rostlin Nelumbiaceae 2. 1823.  
Nelumbo asiatica Nelumbo asiatica Richard, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 249. 1811, nom. illegit.Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner 1788; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo caspica Nelumbo caspica Eichwald, Pl. Nov. 2. 1831. U.S.S.R.:
Nelumbo indica Nelumbo indica Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 453. 1797, nom. illegit.Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner 1788; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo javanica Nelumbo javanica Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 454. 1797. INDONESIA: Java:
Nelumbo nelumbo Nelumbo nelumbo (Linnaeus) H. Karsten, Deut. Fl. 553. 1882, nom. inadmiss.Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner 1788; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo nucifera var. speciosa Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner, var. speciosa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12. 1891, nom. inadmiss.Nelumbo speciosa Willdenow 1799, nom. illegit.; Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner 1788; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo rheedei Nelumbo rheedei C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 83. 1835. INDIA: Without data (holotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. t. 30. 1692).
Nelumbo speciosa Nelumbo speciosa Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 2: 1258. 1799, nom. illegit.Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner 1788; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753. 
Nelumbo tamara Nelumbo tamara (de Candolle) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 14. 1827.Nelumbo speciosa Willdenow, var. tamara de Candolle 1821.  
Nelumbo transversa Nelumbo transversa C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 83. 1835. PHILIPPINES
Nelumbo turbinata Nelumbo turbinata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 458. 1837.  
Nymphaea nelumbo Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 511. 1753.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Calhoun, Cherokee, Elmore, Greene, Lauderdale, Shelby, Talladega, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, JSU, SAMF, UNA, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1981

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNAF0000727 Lauderdale 22 Sep 1989 Hardy, Dawn
s.n.
UNAF
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
JSU134104 Talladega 30 May 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
RDW-1090
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
UNA00031342 Elmore 17 Oct 1977 Wiersema, John H.
325
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
JSU134106 Washington 24 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14328
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
UWAL0016895 Cherokee 01 Jul 2014 Davenport, L.J.
5627
UWAL
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
JSU134103 Cherokee 31 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7602
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
UNA00048616 Calhoun 21 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
853
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
UNA00031337 Baldwin 04 Jun 1977 Wiersema, John H.
171
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
JSU134101 Calhoun 21 Jun 1969 Sizemore, Donny
s.n.
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
JSU134102 Calhoun 13 Jun 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1089
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
ALNHS00004092 Cherokee 28 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2407
ALNHS
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
UNA00048617 Calhoun 21 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
853
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
UWAL0009945 Cherokee 17 Jul 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13367
UWAL
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
JSU134105 Washington 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18630
JSU
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
SAMF0001891 Cherokee 01 Jul 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5627
SAMF
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
UNA00031332 Greene 15 May 1965 Naugle, Helen E.
G 3
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
UNA00031347 Shelby 27 Sep 1981 Wiersema, John H.
2236
UNA
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
UWAL0016894 Cherokee 01 Jul 2014 Davenport, L.J.
5627
UWAL
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
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