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Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus,
Padma) Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales
> Family: Nelumbonaceae
Native to Asia (Iran to Japan) and northern
Australia. Regarded as sacred in India, Tibet and China. Introduced to Egypt in
c 500 BC but no longer occurs on the Nile. Cultivated in southern Africa.
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