What is the difference between lotus, lotus, water lily and water lotus?

1. Different varieties: lotus belongs to the genus Nelumbo, and water lily belongs to the genus Nymphaea. Water lily is a floating leaf plant; Lotus (Lotus) is an emergent plant.

2. The appearance is different: the lotus leaves are not bifurcated and stand out of the water. The lotus leaves are bifurcated and float on the water. In fact, the lotus is the lotus.

The rhizome of lotus is like a lotus root, fleshy and deep into the water, with many fine roots on it; Fine roots are slender and linear. The tuberous roots of water lilies grow in water or wetland, and the fine roots are slender

3. The stems are different: lotus and lotus have no stems, while the stems of water lilies and water lilies are short, slightly fleshy and unbranched.

4. Different leaves: Lotus and Lotus are simple leaves with alternate growth, long stalks, round or broad circles, blunt apex, paper, whole or wavy edges, glossy green on the surface and light green on the back.

water lilies and water lilies are simple leaves alternate, round or oval, heart-shaped at the base, round at the apex, papery, whole or wavy.

5. Flowers are different: the flowers of lotus and lotus are bisexual, purple-blue, solitary and axillary; Have long pedicels; Calyx segments are numerous, lanceolate; Tepals numerous, lanceolate, spreading; Stamens are numerous; The ovary is superior.

The flowers of water lilies and water lilies are bisexual and solitary, with long and erect flower stalks; Perianth segments are numerous, arranged in a series and unfolded; Stamens are numerous; The ovary is superior and honeycomb-shaped.

6, the fruit is different: the lotus and the stone fruit of the lotus are hidden in the lotus, and there is a seed inside.

water lilies and water lilies are horticultural cultivation species, which seldom bear fruit.

7. Different uses: Lotus and lotus are mostly used for viewing, eating and medicine. Water lilies and water lilies are simply aquatic flowering plants.

8. Different characters: the carpels of the lotus are free and buried in the receptacle tube, while other Nymphaeaceae plants are mostly carpels and are not buried in the receptacle tube. Therefore, although they are both Nymphaeaceae plants, they are divided into different genera, the lotus belongs to the genus Nelumbo and the water lily belongs to the genus Nymphaeaceae.

The leaves of water lilies have bifurcation gaps and float (sleep) on the water. Flowers pollinate and sink into the water, and seeds mature and float out of the water.

The leaves of the lotus (Nelumbo nucifera L.) have no bifurcation gap and stand out of the water. Flowers pollinate on the water surface to mature fruit lotus, seed lotus seed, underground stem.

Extended information:

There are many kinds of lotus flowers, which are divided into two categories: ornamental and edible.

It is native to tropical and temperate Asia, and it was cultivated in China as early as the Zhou Dynasty.

Lotus is a treasure all over the body, lotus root and lotus seed can be eaten, and lotus seed, rhizome, water lily, lotus leaf, flower and germ of seed can be used as medicine. Its character of getting out of the mud without dyeing is always praised by the world.

"The lotus leaves are infinitely bright in the sky, and the lotus flowers are different in color when reflected in the sun" is a true portrayal of the beauty of lotus flowers. Lotus's noble character of "straight through the outside, not creeping, not stained with mud, and clear without demon" has always been one of the themes of poet Mo Ke's singing and painting.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lotus (Lotus)