Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club (1914) 421;
--Merr., Interp. Herb. Amboin. (1917) 218; Sp. Blancoanae (1918)
143; EPFP 2 (1923) 140; --Nymphaea nelumbo L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 511.
Nelumbium speciosum Willd., Sp. Pl. 2 (11799) 1258; --Blanco,
Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 318; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 223, t. 188;
--Fern.-Villar, Novis. App. (1880) 9; --Vidal, Phan. Cuming.
Philip. (1885) 93; Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 46.
Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 458.
Nelumbium transversum C Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 83.
Native of Asia, the lotus is now widely distributed in cultivation. N LUZON to
MINDANAO. In shallow lakes and ponds, where it sometimes grow
gregariously. Possibly of prehistoric introduction into the
Philippines. Photos
