List of plants known as lotus

Lotus identifies various plant taxa:

• Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers known as lotuses, having two extant species:
  • Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or Indian lotus
  • Nelumbo lutea, the American or yellow lotus
• Certain species of Nymphaea, a genus of aquatic plants known as water lilies, are also known as Egyptian lotus or Egyptian water lily:
  • Nymphaea caerulea, also known as blue lotus
  • Nymphaea lotus, white lotus or sacred lotus
  • Nymphaea nouchali, also known as blue or star lotus (sometimes thought to be the same species as Nymphaea caerulea above)
• Lotus, a terrestrial genus of legumes with small flowers, including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
• Certain species of Saussurea, a genus of herbaceous plant, are known as snow lotus, particularly those from the Himalayan vicinity
• Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit
• Diospyros lotus, a tree with edible fruit known as the date-plum or Caucasian persimmon