NOUN | plant | Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae | in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies |
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Meaning | In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo. | |
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Synonym | subfamily Nelumbonaceae | |
Member of | Nymphaeaceae, family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family | dicot aquatic plants |
Members | Nelumbo, genus Nelumbo | sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae |
Broader | magnoliid dicot family | family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
Catalan | Nelumbonaceae |
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