Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 903

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-COMMON_NAMES-Sacred Bean of India,
Sacred Lotus
-GENUS-Nelumbium
-SPECIES-Nelumbium speciosum
-CLASS-Polyandria
-ORDER-Polygynia
-AUTHORITY-Willdenow

-MODERN_GENUS-Nelumbo
-MODERN_SPECIES-Nelumbo nucifera
-MODERN_FAMILY-Nelumbonaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-pink or white 
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION-Iran to Japan & Australia 
-ZONE-5
-NON_PERF_TERM-SPECIES- Nelumbium speciosum

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-23
-PUB_DATE-1806
-REISSUED-__
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0428 IMG0023.PCD.  Disc 0428 IMG0024.PCD