Majestic Heaven Lotus (Gustavia augusta)
Description
Lotus, a latinization of Greek l-tos, is a genus that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Lecythidaceae
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Genus: Gustavia
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