Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
Nymphaea lotus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 511 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in calidis Indiae, Africae, Americae."
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xcv. [secondary reference]
Verdcourt, B. (1989), The typification of Nymphaea lotus L. Kew Bulletin 44(1): 179-180 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "I hereby choose Prospero Alpino, De plantis exoticic, illustration on p. 213 (1627) as lectotype"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: An African taxon recorded by J.D.Hooker in the introductory essay to Fl. Tasman. 2(2): xcv (1859), but not known to occur in Australia.