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|accepted_name=Nelumbo nucifera
|accepted_authority=Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|place=1: 73. 1788
|year=1788
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|common_names=Indian lotus;sacred lotus;oriental lotus;lotus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Nelumbonaceae;Nelumbo;Nelumbo nucifera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nelumbonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nelumbo]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nelumbo nucifera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> petiole to 2 m or more. <b>Leaf</b> blade to 6 dm or more. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals normally all caducous, pink, pink-tinged, or fading to white, 1-13 cm; anthers 1-2 cm. <b>Fruits</b> ovoid, 10-20 × 7-13 mm, mostly more than 1.5 times longer than wide; receptacle 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.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Ponds and lakes
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;W.Va.;naturalized;s Europe;Asia;n Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Nelumbo nucifera</i> 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 <i>N. nucifera</i> 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.</p><!--
--><p>The seeds of <i>Nelumbo nucifera</i> have been shown to remain viable for several hundred years under certain conditions (D. A. Priestley and M. A. Posthumus 1982).</p>
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name=Nelumbo nucifera
|authority=Gaertner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Nelumbonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Ponds and lakes
|elevation=0-400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;W.Va.;naturalized;s Europe;Asia;n Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|publication year=1788
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Nelumbo
|species=Nelumbo nucifera
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