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Nymphaea lotus
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species of plant
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Nymphaea lotus is a species of plant in the family Nymphaeaceae, belonging to the order Nymphaeales and class Magnoliopsida. It is classified within the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The species is accepted under the authority L. and is commonly known as the Egyptian white water-lily or Egyptian lily. Other common names include Tigerlotus and Lotus egipci. It inhabits freshwater environments.
The taxon has a range that includes Brazil, Angola, and Gabon. According to the Plants of the World, it is native to Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, and Eswatini. The Encyclopedia of Life also lists Romania, Tropical Africa, and Asia in its description. The species is not extinct and has a medicinal plant use.
The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2018. Various databases record occurrences and observations for this taxon, including 4,249 occurrences in GBIF, 2,606 observations on iNaturalist, and 755 records in iDigBio.
Synthesized by Vinony from 49 facts across 10 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernEgyptian white water-lily
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderNymphaeales
- FamilyNymphaeaceae
Romania, Egypt, Tropical Africa, Asia.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 755
- With media
- 656
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, MADUG-UG, US, POM, UNESP-IBILCE, NY
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Brasil, Tanzania, United States, Malawi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nymphaea
- Image
- Egyptian lotus - Unknown - 19 1927 2 54.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Nymphaea lotus
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- Nymphaea lotus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- 斑荷根
- taxon range
- Gabon
- short name
- N. lotus
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Nymphaea lotus, the white Egyptian lotus, tiger lotus, white lotus, or Egyptian water-lily, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nymphaea lotus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.