Lotus may refer to:

Plants

*Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: **Lotus (genus), ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus * Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology

Places

*Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States *Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States *Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States *Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States

Brands

*Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer **Lotus F1, Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season **Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994 **Pacific Racing, Pacific Team Lotus, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Pacific and competed in Formula One in 1995 **ART Grand Prix, Lotus GP, a French GP2 and GP3 racing team sponsored by Lotus Cars *Team Lotus (2010–11), a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season *Lotus, a brand of watches, part of the Festina, Festina Group *Lotus Foods, an organic rice company *Lotus Bakeries, a Belgian bakery founded in 1932 *Lotus Software, a personal computer software company, best known for: ** Lotus Notes, collaborative software, personal information manager and e-mail client now known as IBM Notes ** Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application *Lotus Supercenter, an Asian supermarket chain owned by the Charoen Pokphand Group *Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand, formerly owned by Lotus Supercenter

Religion

*Sacred lotus in religious art *Lotus throne base for figures in Asian religious art * Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala#Lotus, Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols) *Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra

Media and entertainment

Music

*Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer *Lotus (American band), an instrumental rock band *Lotus (Hong Kong band), a 1960s pop band

Albums

*Lotus (Christina Aguilera album), ''Lotus'' (Christina Aguilera album) (2012), by Christina Aguilera *Lotus (Elisa album), ''Lotus'' (Elisa album) (2003), by Elisa *Lotus (Santana album), ''Lotus'' (Santana album) (1974), by Santana *''Lotus'' (2009), by Haywyre

Songs

*Lotus (Arashi song), "Lotus" (Arashi song), by Arashi *Lotus (Dir En Grey song), "Lotus" (Dir En Grey song), a song by Dir En Grey *Lotus (R.E.M. song), "Lotus" (R.E.M. song), by R.E.M. *"Lotus", a song from Cage The Elephant's Cage the Elephant (album), debut album *”Lotus”, a song by Lil Uzi Vert on the album ''Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2 '' *"Lotus", a song by Minus the Bear on ''Planet of Ice'' *"Lotus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album ''Sim City (album), Sim City''

Other media

*Lotus (board game), a strategy game *Lotus (magazine), ''Lotus'' (magazine), a trilingual political and cultural magazine *Lotus (video game series), ''Lotus'' (video game series), a videogame series based on Lotus cars *Lotus, the codename of a character in the 2009 video game ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors''

Vessels

*Lotus (1826 ship), ''Lotus'' (1826 ship), English ship *Lotus (motor vessel), ''Lotus'' (motor vessel), a houseboat yacht *S.S. Lotus, S.S. ''Lotus'', a French steamship involved in the ''Lotus case'' criminal trial *S.S.S. Lotus, S.S.S. ''Lotus'', an American sailing vessel

Other uses

*Law of the unconscious statistician (LOTUS), a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function