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Native to 36 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia; introduced into Alabama, Arkansas, Benin, Cook Is., Cuba, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Italy, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Romania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, West Virginia, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Nelumbonaceae
Genus
Nelumbo
Specific Epithet
nucifera
Authorship
Gaertn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 28.7
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.6
Global rank
#9,357 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
9%
