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'''Lotus''' identifies various [[plant]] [[taxa]]:
* ''[[Nelumbo]]'', a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers, and the source of lotus seeds used in Chinese medicine and desserts.
** ''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]'', an archetypal species in the genus
* Certain species of ''[[Nymphaea]]'' (water lilies or Egyptian lotuses):
** ''[[Nymphaea caerulea]]'', also known as blue lotus
** ''[[Nymphaea lotus]]'', white lotus or sacred lotus
** ''[[Nymphaea nouchali]]'', also known as star lotus
* [[Lotus (genus)|''Lotus'' (genus)]] (including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches), a terrestrial genus with small flowers
* ''[[Saussurea laniceps]]'' (snow lotus), an herbaceous species from the [[Himalaya]]n vicinity
* ''[[Ziziphus lotus]]'', a shrub species with edible fruit
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