- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30052247-2
- Publication
- Familles des Plantes (Adanson)
- Collation
- 2: 76, 582
- Date of Publication
- Jul-Aug 1763
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Nelumbonaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- N. nucifera Gaertn, 1788 (Nymphaea nelumbo L.)
Remarks
Etymology: uncertain; perhaps derived from Sinhalese or Tamil name for Lotus flower
Links
- Replaced synonym of
- Cyamus Sm., Exot. Bot. 1: 59, tt. 31-32 (1805), nom. illeg.
- Duplicate citation of
- Nelumbo Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 76 (1763).