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What are the alternative names for the lotus? The latest complete list of lotus aliases
The lotus is the general term for two species of plants in the genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae of the order Proteales, a perennial aquatic herbaceous flower with many varieties, divided into two major categories, ornamental and edible, native to the tropical and temperate regions of Asia. In China, records of its cultivation date back as early as the Zhou Dynasty, and it has always been one of the subjects sung and painted by poets and literati through the ages