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Nelumbo nucifera
Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred Lotus
Photographer: Dr. Nick V. Kurzenko

ID: 0000 0000 0901 0540 (2001-09-20)

Copyright © 1999 Nick Kurzenko

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Aug 19, 1999
  • this photo depicts a plant that was cultivated or collected in the wild
  • photo location   Vladivostok suburb, Primorsky Territory, Russian Federation
  • plant's place of origin   Primorsky Territory (Russian Federation)
  • family Nelumbonaceae
  • notes   This photograph was taken at small artificial reservoir in Vladivostok suburb. Small population of Nelumbo nucifera growing here originated from wild plants captured in natural habitat in another place in Primorsky Territory (Khanka Lake or southern part of Khasansky district probably)several year ago. Some of Russian botanists treated Nelumbo nucifera in the Russian Far East as a separate species Nelumbo komarowi Grossh. 1940 (see book 'Vascular Plants of the soviet Far East [Plantae Vasculares Orientis Extremi Sovietici], vol. 2, p. 29 (Nauka, Leningrad, 1987)
  • camera   Minolta 303si Super, lens Sigma AF 70-300 F4-5.6 Apo Macro, Konica Centuria 200
  • contributor's ID #  992813
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Sacred Lotus (ITIS ) Sacred Lotus (photographer)
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