The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Nelumbo

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 M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Nelumbo lutea Willd. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Nelumbo rheedii C. Presl Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Nelumbo transversa C. Presl Unresolved L 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:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
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:

Pie chart of all name statuses
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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 3 0 5 11.1%
WCSP (in review) 2 13 0 25 0 40 88.9%