The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Showing Nymphaea lotus
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Nymphaeanae(superordo)
- Nymphaeales(ordo)
- Nymphaeaceae(fam.)
- Nymphaea(gen.)
- lotus(sp.)
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Type: "Habitat in calidis Indiae, Africae, Americae."
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Lectotype: "I hereby choose Prospero Alpino, De plantis exoticic, illustration on p. 213 (1627) as lectotype"
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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.