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Nomenclature
Nelumbo Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 76. 1763.List of Nelumbo Species
References to Nelumbo
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- Ito, M. 1986 . Studies in the floral morphology and anatomy of Nymphaeales. IV. Floral anatomy of Nelumbo nucifera. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 37: 82-96.
- Khanna, P 1965 . Morphological and embryological studies in Nymphaeaceae. II. Brasenia schreberi Gmel. and Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Austral. J. Bot. 13: 379-387.
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- Moseley, M. F.; Uhl, N. W. 1985 . Morphological studies of the Nymphaeaceae sensu lato XV. The anatomy of the flower of Nelumbo. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 106: 277-293.
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- Peattie, D. C. 1928 . The celestial lotus: Sacred to the Oriental; enchanting to the Occidental. Nat. Mag. 11: 294-297.
- Rogers, J. A. 1981 . The American lotus- Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Aquatics 3: 4-8.
- Sayre, J. 2004 . Propagation protocol for American lotus. Native Plants J. 5: 15-17.
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- Shen-Miller, J et.al. 1995 . Exceptional seed longevity and robust growth: ancient sacred lotus from China. Amer. J. Bot. 82: 1367-1380.
- Sohmer, S. H. 1975 . The name of American Nelumbo. Taxon 24: 491-493.
- Sohmer, S. H. 1977 . Aspects of the biology of Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald, the American lotus of the upper Mississippi. Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters 65: 258-273.
- Sohmer, S. H. 1978 . The reproductive biology of Nelumbo pentapetala (Nelumbonaceae) on the upper Mississippi River. II. The insects associated with the transfer of pollen. Brittonia 30: 355-364.
- Taylor, H. J. 1927 . The history and distribution of yellow Nelumbo, Water Chinquapin or American lotus. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 34: 119-124.
- Turner, A. M. et.al. 2010 . Expanding American lotus and dissoved oxygen concentrations of a shallow lake. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 164: 1-8.
- Vance, H. D.; Francko, D. A. 1997 . Allelopathic potential of Nelumba lutea (Willd.) Pers. to alter growth of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and Potamogeton pectinatus L. J. Freshw. Ecol. 12: 405-409.
- Vogel, S.; Hadacek, F. 2004 . Contributions to the functional anatomy and biology of Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae) III. An ecological reappraisal of floral organs. Pl. Syst. Evol. 249: 173-189.
- Ward, D. B. 1977 . Nelumbo lutea, the correct name for the American lotus. Taxon 26: 227-234.
- Wood, C. E. 1959 . The genera of the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 40: 94-112.
- Yoo, M. J. et.al. 2010 . Expression of floral MADS-box genes in two divergent water lilies: Nymphaeales and Nelumbo. Int. J. Plant Sci. 171: 121-146.