Lotus identifies various plant taxa: * '' Nelumbo'', a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers ** ''

Nelumbo nucifera ''Nelumbo nucifera'', also known as sacred lotus, Laxmi lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often ...

'', the Sacred or Indian lotus ** '' Nelumbo lutea'', the American or yellow lotus * Certain species of ''

Nymphaea ''Nymphaea'' () is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduc ...

'' (water lilies or Egyptian lotuses): ** '' Nymphaea caerulea'', also known as blue lotus ** '' Nymphaea lotus'', white lotus or sacred lotus ** ''

Nymphaea nouchali ''Nymphaea nouchali'', often known by its synonym ''Nymphaea stellata'', or by common names blue lotus, star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus '' Nymphae ...

'', also known as blue or star lotus (sometimes thought to be the same species as ''Nymphaea caerulea'' above) * ''Lotus'' (genus) (including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches), a terrestrial genus with small flowers * ''

Saussurea ''Saussurea'' is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of East Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habit ...

'' (snow lotus), a herbaceous species from the Himalayan vicinity * '' Ziziphus lotus'', a shrub species with edible fruit * '' Diospyros lotus'' (date-plum, Caucasian persimmon) a tree with edible fruit

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