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bird's-foot trefoils
Lotus
Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (λωτός), is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 species are accepted, all legumes; American species formerly placed in the genus have been transferred to other genera. Lotus species are found in the Eastern Hemisphere and adapted to a wide range of habitats.
The aquatic plant commonly known as the Indian or sacred lotus is Nelumbo nucifera, a species not closely related to Lotus.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lotus
sectionLotus
Canary-clovers
sectionDorycnium
Pedrosia
sectionPedrosia
Bonjeanea
sectionBonjeanea
Tetragonolobus
sectionTetragonolobus
Lotea
sectionLotea
Heinekenia
sectionHeinekenia
Krokeria
sectionKrokeria
Chamaelotus
sectionChamaelotus
Canaria
sectionCanaria
lotus vines
sectionRhyncholotus
Lotus azoricus
speciesLotus azoricus
Lotus taitungensis
speciesLotus taitungensis
Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
speciesLotus grandiflorus
Lotus weilleri
speciesLotus weilleri
Benedictella
sectionBenedictella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 2
Katsushika Hokusai · 1815 · p.24
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 0
The Century Co. · n.d. · p.207
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.825
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.215
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.143
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.144
Rivers of life, or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments
Forlong, J.G.R. · 1883 · p.100
Rivers of life, or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments
Forlong, J.G.R. · 1883 · p.98
Key to the Cabinet of the Secret Treasury of Nature
[Walchin, Dorothea Juliana] · 1722 · p.10
Initiation and Its Results
Rudolf Steiner · 1909 · p.16
Geomancy (Ramala Shastra)
Balakrishna Malhara Lada · 1700 · p.8
The Brahmanic Religious System
Kleuker, Johann Friedrich · 1797 · p.551
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lotus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47436.