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Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

This species name was first published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 73 (1788)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000382378.

Synonyms of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Nymphaea nelumbo L. Sp. Pl. : 511 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382038
Nelumbium javanicum Poir. Encycl. 2: 454 (1788) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382404
Nelumbium indicum Poir. Encycl. 4: 453 (1798) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382406
Nelumbium caspium Eichw. Pl. Nov. Casp.-Cauc. : 2 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382410
Nelumbium asiaticum Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 249 (1811) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382413
Nelumbium album Bercht. & J.Presl Prir. Rostlin 1(Nelumb.): 2 (1823) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382414
Nelumbium transversum C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 83 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382417
Nelumbo komarovii Grossh. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 8: 135 (1940) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382420
Nelumbo indica Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 92 (1806) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382421
Nelumbo caspica Schipcz. Trudy Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 43: 314 (1930) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382423
Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco Fl. Filip. : 458 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382425
Nelumbium nelumbo Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 421 (1913 publ. 1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382426
Nelumbium tamara Sweet Hort. Brit. : 14 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382427
Nelumbium speciosum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 2: 1258 (1799) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382428
Nelumbium rheedei C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 83 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382429
Nelumbo speciosa var. alba F.M.Bailey Cat. Pl. Brisbane : 5 (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000382711
Tamara hemisphaerica Buch.-Ham. ex Pritz. Icon. Bot. Index : 1087 (1855) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000456193
Nelumbo speciosa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(2):1258. 1799 (as Nelumbium speciosum) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001086845
Nelumbo caspica Fisch. – — wfo-0001086903
Nelumbo nucifera var. macrorhizomata Nakai – — wfo-0001264504