Lotus identifies various plant taxa:
Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers
Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or Indian lotus
Nelumbo lutea, the American or Yellow lotus
Certain species of Nymphaea (water lilies or Egyptian lotuses):
Nymphaea caerulea, also known as blue lotus
Nymphaea lotus, white lotus or sacred lotus
Nymphaea nouchali, also known as star lotus
Lotus (genus) (including bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches), a terrestrial genus with small flowers
Saussurea (snow lotus), a herbaceous species from the Himalayan vicinity
Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit
Date-plum or Caucasian persimmon, a tree with edible fruit
