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Nymphaea lotus L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 511.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Nymphaeales
family
Nymphaeaceae
genus
Nymphaea
species
Nymphaea lotus

Name

Synonyms
Castalia edulis Salisb.
Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt.
Castalia lotus (L.) Wood
Castalia mystica Salisb.
Castalia pubescens Blume
Castalia sacra Salisb.
Castalia thermalis (DC.) Simonk.
Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze
Nymphaea acutidens Peter
Nymphaea aegyptiaca Opiz
Nymphaea boucheana Planch.
Nymphaea coteka Roxb.
Nymphaea coteka Roxb. ex Salisb.
Nymphaea dentata Schumach. & Thonn.
Nymphaea edulis (Salisb.) DC.
Nymphaea esculenta Roxb.
Nymphaea fragrantissima Welw.
Nymphaea fragrantissima Welw. ex Casp.
Nymphaea hypotricha Peter
Nymphaea leucantha Peter
Homonyms
Nymphaea lotus L.
Nymphaea lotus Aubl.
Common names
Egyptian lotus in English
Egyptian water-lily in English
White Egyptian lotos in language.
White egyptian lotus in English
White egyptian lotus in English
bashneen abiad in Arabic
batametundu ou m'bata-matundu in language.
dango in language.
dilula in language.
dubaba in language.
egyptisk vitlotus in Swedish
etoko in language.
evele in language.
golfão-vermelho in Portuguese
inongo in Kinyarwanda
itoko in language.
koto in language.
litolo in language.
lotier d'Egypte in French
loto in Spanish
lotus tigré in French
mako-tunkotu in language.
makuba in language.
malelembu in language.
mosanga in language.
n'toko in language.
nénuphar blanc in French
tiger lotus in English
weiße ägyptische Seerose in German
weißer ägyptischer Lotus in German
white Egyptian lotus in English
white Egyptian lotus in English
white lotus in English
white water-lily in English
ägyptische Lotosblume in German
Lotus in Arabic
egyptisk vitlotus in Swedish
Bashneen Abyad in Arabic
Egyptian lotus in English
Egyptian water-lily in English
Golfão-vermelho in Portuguese
Lotier d'egypte in French
Loto in Spanish
Water Lily in English
Weiße ägyptische seerose in German
Weißer ägyptischer lotus in German
White egyptian lotus in English
White lotus in English
White water-lily in English
Ägyptische lotosblume in German

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023-08-13 15:14:23) Plants of the World Online
  2. Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis M. (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  3. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  4. Staples et al. (2003), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op74.pdf
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