Log In New Account Sitemap
  • Home
  • Search
    • Search Collections
    • Map Search
  • Chicago Botanic Garden
    • Project Information
    • Checklists
    • Create a Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
  • Denver Botanic Gardens
    • Project Information
    • Checklists
    • Create a Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
  • Desert Botanical Garden
    • Project Information
    • Checklists
    • Create a Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
  • NY Botanical Garden
    • Project Information
    • Checklists
    • Create a Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
  • Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
    • Project Information
    • Checklists
    • Create a Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
Nelumbo
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo image
Paul Rothrock
  • FNA
  • Gleason & Cronquist
  • Resources
John. H. Wiersema in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Rhizomes forming swollen storage tubers late in growing season. Leaf blade peltate, orbiculate, margins entire. Flowers exceeding leaves, to 2.5 dm or more diam.; tepals caducous or outermost persistent, 14-30, white to pink-purple or yellow; stamens 100-200. Fruits somewhat globose or ovoid; receptacle gradually or abruptly narrowed from top to base, base tapered to rounded, lateral surface striate or rugose. x = 8.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Characters of the family.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Nelumbo lutea
Image of Nelumbo lutea
Map not
Available
Nelumbo nucifera
Image of Nelumbo nucifera
Map not
Available
Nelumbo speciosa
Images
not available
Map not
Available

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
Powered by Symbiota