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The genus Nelumbo is in the family Nelumbonaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Nelumbo

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelumbo lutea Willd.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelumbo rheedii C. Presl	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Nelumbo transversa C. Presl	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 45 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Nelumbo. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Nelumbo. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 45 species names for the genus Nelumbo recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	4.4%
◕	Synonym	15	33.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	62.2%

All names

The status of the 47 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Nelumbo recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	4.3%
◕	Synonym	17	36.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	59.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 45 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Nelumbo, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	2	15	0	0	17	37.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	28	28	62.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Nelumbo is as follows: