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Nelumbo
''Nelumbo'' is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though "lotus" is a name also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus ''Lotus''. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae (water lilies), but ''Nelumbo'' is actually very distant to Nymphaeaceae. "Nelumbo" is derived from the Sinhalese word ''Nelum''. There are only two known living species in the genus. The sacred lotus (''N. nucifera'') is native to Asia, and is the better known of the two. It is commonly cultivated, and also used in Chinese medicine and cooking. This species is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The American lotus (''N. lutea'') is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two geographically separated species. A third, extinct species, ''N. aureavallis'', is known from Eocene fossils from North Dakota, United States.
==Species==
*†''N. aureavallis'' Hickey – Eocene (North Dakota), described from leaves found in the Golden Valley Formation in North Dakota, USA.
*''N. lutea'' Willd. – American lotus (Eastern United States, Mexico, Greater Antilles, Honduras)
*''N. nucifera'' Gaertn. – sacred or Indian lotus, also known as the Rose of India and the sacred water lily of Hinduism and Buddhism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/nelumbo-nucifera-sacred-lotus )〕 It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. Its roots and seeds are also used widely in Asian cooking.
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