Skip to Main Content

Nature Atlas

How Nature Works

Sign In

Text size

100%

Theme

Switch Atlas

Interactive AtlasThe Family Home

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World

Specy

Sacred Lotus

Flowering Plants

Sacred Lotus, also known as Padma, Kamala, pink lotus or Indian lotus, is one of only two living species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called water lily, though that name more often refers to the unrelated family Nymphaeaceae, and it belongs to the order Proteales.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Nelumbo nucifera 6

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 7

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Sacred Lotus

In Biome

Source Nelumbo nucifera (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Source Nelumbo nucifera (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Antigua and Barbuda

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources

1. Wikidata: Sacred Lotus

Wikidata Q16528, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikipedia 'Nelumbo nucifera': sacred lotus...aquatic plant
Child Taxon Of: Nymphaeales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

View the Source

2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source

3. Nelumbo nucifera (Wikipedia)

article text (relationship to people), EntityId 326125
These constituents have been studied for their potential pharmacological effects, and the plant is used in traditional medicine and marketed as a functional food in various cultures.
In Biome: River, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 326125, target B287452
Lotus plants are adapted to grow in the flood plains of slow-moving rivers and delta areas.
In Ecosystem: Caspian Sea, Description
It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from East Asia (north to the Amur region) through northern Indochina and central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft) in the southern Himalayas),; the Russian populations have sometimes been referred to as Nelumbo komarovii, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea.

View the Source

4. NatureServe Explorer: Nelumbo nucifera

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

View the Source

5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Proteales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12437

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12437

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

View the Source

6. Wikipedia: Nelumbo nucifera

WikipediaWikidata Q16528 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

7. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Nelumbo nucifera

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record

Quote, iucnRedListCategory record

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

View the Source

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.

Reader Challenges (0)

No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.