- lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera - native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
--1 is a kind of water lily
- Lotus, genus Lotus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
--2 is a kind of rosid dicot genus
--2 is a member of Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae
--2 has members:bird's foot trefoil, bird's foot clover, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, Lotus corniculatus - lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus - white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
--3 is a kind of water lily
--3 is a member of Nymphaea, genus Nymphaea