Glenview, Illinois.

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Glenview, Illinois.

Tags:   Nelumbo Nelumbo lutea Nelumbonaceae American Lotus Lotus

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This colony showed up this summer in the pond across from my house. I don't know if they were planted by someone (which I kind of suspect) or if it was just spontaneous -- they are native in the area, but very uncommon. When I was first learning botany in the 70s, this were either included in the water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae) or placed in an adjacent family of its own. Now they are considered not closely related to water lilies at all, but rather, and quite surprisingly, in a group that contains sycamores (Platanus, also called plane-trees, and the large, and largely southern hemisphere, family Proteaceae, including the large genera Protea and Banksia (there doesn't seem to be a readily available common or English name for the Proteaceae other than the generic names).

The only other species in the lotus family is Nelumbo nucifera, an Asian species with pink flowers called Indian Lotus or Sacred Lotus. It is sometimes cultivated, and rarely escapes, in the US.

Tags:   Nelumbo Nelumbo lutea Nelombonaceae Lotus American Lotus

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This colony showed up this summer in the pond across from my house. I don't know if they were planted by someone (which I kind of suspect) or if it was just spontaneous -- they are native in the area, but very uncommon. When I was first learning botany in the 70s, this were either included in the water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae) or placed in an adjacent family of its own. Now they are considered not closely related to water lilies at all, but rather, and quite surprisingly, in a group that contains sycamores (Platanus, also called plane-trees, and the large, and largely southern hemisphere, family Proteaceae, including the large genera Protea and Banksia (there doesn't seem to be a readily available common or English name for the Proteaceae other than the generic names).

The only other species in the lotus family is Nelumbo nucifera, an Asian species with pink flowers called Indian Lotus or Sacred Lotus. It is sometimes cultivated, and rarely escapes, in the US.

Tags:   Nelumbo Nelumbo lutea Lotus American Lotus

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This colony showed up this summer in the pond across from my house. I don't know if they were planted by someone (which I kind of suspect) or if it was just spontaneous -- they are native in the area, but very uncommon. When I was first learning botany in the 70s, this were either included in the water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae) or placed in an adjacent family of its own. Now they are considered not closely related to water lilies at all, but rather, and quite surprisingly, in a group that contains sycamores (Platanus, also called plane-trees, and the large, and largely southern hemisphere, family Proteaceae, including the large genera Protea and Banksia (there doesn't seem to be a readily available common or English name for the Proteaceae other than the generic names).

The only other species in the lotus family is Nelumbo nucifera, an Asian species with pink flowers called Indian Lotus or Sacred Lotus. It is sometimes cultivated, and rarely escapes, in the US.

Tags:   Nelumbo Nelumbo lutea Lotus American Lotus

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