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Page 1 of 2 Entry for Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner [family NELUMBONACEAE]

Herbarium Flora of (FNA) Collection Flora of North America Resource Type Reference Sources Entry from Flora of North America, Vol 3 Names Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner [family NELUMBONACEAE], Fruct. Sem. Pl., 1: 73. 1788 Common names Indian ; sacred lotus; oriental lotus; lotus Information : petiole to 2 m or more. blade to 6 dm or more. : tepals normally all caducous, pink, pink-tinged, or fading to white, 1-13 cm; anthers 1-2 cm. ovoid, 10-20 × 7-13 mm, mostly more than 1.5 times longer than wide; to 1 dm diam. at maturity, gradually tapered or rounded from flattened top to base, base rounded or very slightly obtuse-tapered, lateral surface rugose or only weakly striate. Habitat Ponds and lakes Phenology Flowering late spring-summer Altitude range 0-400 m Distribution USA Ala. Ark. Fla. Ga. La. Mass. Md. Miss. Mo. N.C. N.J. S.C. Tenn. Tex. W.Va. Asia n Australia. naturalized s Europe Discussion Nelumbo nucifera is an ornamental species sporadically naturalized from cultivation over the area mapped in the southeastern United States. Although Virginia, Kentucky, and Delaware are within the range, I know of no collections from Virginia or Delaware and of no wild-growing specimens of N. nucifera in Kentucky. The species was listed in a flora of New York (R. S. Mitchell 1986); I have not seen a voucher specimen for the report.The seeds of Nelumbo nucifera have been shown to remain viable for several hundred years under certain conditions (D. A. Priestley and M. A. Posthumus 1982). Native/Introduced introduced

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