Nelumbo Nelumbo, Gaertner
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Nelumbo Nelumbo |
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1. N. nucifera Gaertner View in CoL , Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 73 (1788).
Rhizome 10-20 m, stout, branching, bearing numerous scalelike leaves as well as foliage leaves. Foliage leaves peltate, without sinus; petioles 1-2 m; lamina 30-100 cm in diameter, almost circular, glaucous and unwettable. Flowers 16-23 cm in diameter, solitary, pink, scented, borne above the leaves. Seeds 1 -7 x 1 - 3 cm, ovoid. Volga delta; cultivated in some Mediterranean countries and naturalized in Romania. Rs (E). [Rm.]
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Nelumbo Nelumbo
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
N. nucifera
| Gaertner 1788: 73 |