Nelumbo lutea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proteales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Nelumbonaceae
Genus: Nelumbo
Species: Nelumbo lutea

Name

Nelumbo lutea Willd., 1799.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Cyamus luteus (Willd.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. (Nuttall). 2: 25. 1818.
- Nelumbo lutea Pers., Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2(1): 92. 1806, nom. superfl.
- Nelumbo nucifera var. lutea (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12. 1891.
- Nelumbo nucifera subsp. lutea (Willd.) T.Borsch & Barthlott, Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 68: 443. 1994.

Heterotypic
- Cyamus flavicomus Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims). 2(1): 75. 1805.
- Cyamus mysticus Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims). 2(1): 75. 1805.
- Cyamus pentapetalus (Walter) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) ii. 398.
- Nelumbium codophyllum Raf., Fl. Ludov. 22. 1817.
- Nelumbium indica Tussac, Fl. Antill. 3. 83. 1824, nom. illeg. non Poir. (1798).
- Nelumbium jamaicense DC., Syst. Nat. (de Candolle) 2: 41. 1821.
- Nelumbium reniforme Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 (Willdenow) 2(2): 1260. 1799.
- Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald, Rhodora 36: 23. 1934.
- Nymphaea pentapetala Walter, Fl. Carol. (Walter) 155. 1788, nom. rej.

Notes

Nelumbo lutea is often attributed to (Willd.) Pers., the spelling Nelumbium luteum used by Willdenow is an orthographic error for Nelumbo lutea (W. Greuter et al. 1994, Art. 61.4) that should be corrected, and Persoon's later combination is superfluous.

References

Willdenow, C.L.v. 1799. Sp. Pl. (Willdenow) 2: 1259.

Vernacular names

čeština: lotos žlutý
Deutsch: Amerikanische Lotosblume
suomi: Amerikanlootus
français: Lotus d'Amérique
português: lótus-amarelo, loto-amarelo
русский: Лотос жёлтый
slovenčina: lotos žltý
svenska: Amerikansk lotus
Türkçe: Amerika lotusu
中文（简体）: 美洲黄莲
中文（繁體）: 美洲黃蓮