List of plants known as lotus
Lotus identifies various plant taxa:Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers known as lotuses, having two extant species:
- * Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or Indian lotus
- * Nelumbo lutea, the American or yellow lotus
- Certain species of Nymphaea, a genus of aquatic plants known as water lilies, are also known as Egyptian lotus or Egyptian water lily:
- * Nymphaea caerulea, also known as blue lotus
- * Nymphaea lotus, white lotus or sacred lotus
- * Nymphaea nouchali, also known as blue or star lotus Lotus, a terrestrial genus of legumes with small flowers, including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
- Certain species of Saussurea, a genus of herbaceous plant, are known as snow lotus, particularly those from the Himalayan vicinityZiziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruitDiospyros lotus, a tree with edible fruit known as the date-plum or Caucasian persimmon