Nymphaea lotus L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part N), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 690-695 : 695

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Nymphaea lotus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 511. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in calidis Indiae, Africae, Americae." RCN: 3857.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Nymphaeaceae : 3. 1989): [icon] "Lotus Aegyptia" in Alpino, Pl. Exot.: 214, 213. 1627.

Current name: Nymphaea lotus L. ( Nymphaeaceae ).

Note: Verdcourt (in Kew Bull. 44: 179. 20 Mar 1989) gave a detailed account but the typification dates from his slightly earlier (15 Feb 1989) Flora account.