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Nelumbo lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Proteales Family: Nelumbonaceae Genus: Nelumbo Adans.
Species
Nelumbo lutea (American Lotus) Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus) Download high resolution version (900x600, 27 KB)Nelumbo lutea blossom Credits: Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Proteales are an order of flowering plants, which belong among the basal eudicots. ... Binomial name Nelumbo lutea Willd. ... Binomial name Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ...

Nelumbo is a genus of water flowers commonly known as lotus (Hindi: कमल) and the only genus in the family Nelumbonaceae. Nelumbo is what is most commonly meant by the rather ambiguous term "lotus". The word Nelumbo originates from the Sinhalese word Nelum. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Lotus berthelotii, Trailing Lotus Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus The term lotus has a variety of uses. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Nelumbo is superficially similar to but unrelated to the water-lilies of the family Nymphaeaceae. The leaves of Nelumbo can be distinguished from those of genera in the Nymphaeaceae as they are peltate, that is they have fully circular leaves. Nymphaea, on the other hand, has a single characteristic notch from the edge in to the center of the lilypad. The central seed pod of Nelumbo is also a distinguishing feature. Genera Barclaya Wall. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... SEED is a block cipher developed by the Korean Information Security Agency. ...

Nelumbo nucifera is particularly well known as it is the sacred flower of Hinduism and Buddhism and is the national flower of India. It is also used widely in Asian cooking. Binomial name Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found from Sarnath, near Varanasi Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. ... A national emblem is a symbol that represents a nation. ...

The Bahá'í House of Worship in India is shaped as a Lotus flower. Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is an emerging global religion founded by Baháulláh, a 19th century Persian exile. ... There are currently seven Baháí Houses of Worship around the world, although Baháí communities own many properties where they plan for Houses of Worship to be constructed as the Baháí community grows and develops. ...

See also

• Lotus
• Nelumbo nucifera