| Name | Nymphaea lotus Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Nymphaea Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 1: 511 |
| Holdings | 21 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Nymphaea lotus Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (21) |