Definition of Genus Nelumbo

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses.

Exact synonyms: Nelumbo
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Nelumbonaceae, Subfamily Nelumbonaceae
Member holonyms: American Lotus, Nelumbo Lutea, Water Chinquapin, Yanquapin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nelumbo

genus Naja
genus Najas
genus Nanomia
genus Napaea
genus Narcissus
genus Narthecium
genus Nasalis
genus Nasturtium
genus Nasua
genus Natrix
genus Nauclea
genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo (current term)
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron
genus Neotoma
genus Nepa
genus Nepenthes
genus Nepeta
genus Nephelium
genus Nephrolepis
genus Nephrops

Literary usage of Genus Nelumbo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"Among common names the term "Lotus" has been remarkably misapplied. It seems to be consistently used among us for the genus Nelumbo, ..."

2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... was proposed by the writer in 1911 for ancestral forms related to the modern genus Nelumbo, ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The genus Nelumbo is represented by two living species, one of which is restricted in distribution to Asia, the other to Eastern North America. ..."

4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... was proposed by the writer in 1911 for ancestral forms related to the modern genus Nelumbo, ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"The genus Nelumbo exhibits such a variety of peculiar and seemingly inconsistent characters, that its systematic position has been much in dispute. ..."

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