Living Beings

    order · Scientific classification

    Proteales

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    Source-identified Nelumbo nucifera; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Sacred Lotus · Subhrajyoti07 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassMagnoliopsida
    6. OrderProteales
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Spermatophyta clade
    10. Magnoliopsida class
    11. Mesangiospermae clade
    12. Proteales order

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Nelumbonaceae · family

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    Published profiles

    Source-identified Nelumbo nucifera; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Species · Nelumbo

    Sacred Lotus

    Nelumbo nucifera

    The sacred lotus is a perennial aquatic flowering plant rooted in muddy freshwater. Broad round leaves, solitary flowers and spreading rhizomes make …