Taxon

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Protologue Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. 73 (1788).BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

EDGE Research • Predicted not threatened

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. belongs to the Nelumbonaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 23 Jan 09. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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No collection number

January 22, 2009

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Nelumbonaceae

Genus

Nelumbo

Specific Epithet

nucifera

Authorship

Gaertn.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.6

Global rank

#9,357 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →