Description

Nelumbo nucifera has been cultivated for thousands of years in Asia for its edible rhizomes, seeds and leaves. This plant has also been used as herbal medicine for the treatment of cancer, depression, diarrhea, heart problems and insomnia.

Scientific classitication

Family: Nelumbonaceae

Genus: Nelumbo

Common Name

He Hua

Reference

Gui, S., Peng, J., Wang, X., Wu, Z., Cao, R., Salse, J., Zhang, H., Zhu, Z., Xia, Q., Quan, Z., Shu, L., Ke, W., & Ding, Y. (2018). Improving Nelumbo nucifera genome assemblies using high-resolution genetic maps and BioNano genome mapping reveals ancient chromosome rearrangements. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 94(4), 721–734.

Reference

Gui, S., Peng, J., Wang, X., Wu, Z., Cao, R., Salse, J., Zhang, H., Zhu, Z., Xia, Q., Quan, Z., Shu, L., Ke, W., & Ding, Y. (2018). Improving Nelumbo nucifera genome assemblies using high-resolution genetic maps and BioNano genome mapping reveals ancient chromosome rearrangements. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 94(4), 721–734.

Reference

Shi, T., Rahmani, R. S., Gugger, P. F., Wang, M., Li, H., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Wang, Q., Van de Peer, Y., Marchal, K., & Chen, J. (2020). Distinct Expression and Methylation Patterns for Genes with Different Fates following a Single Whole-Genome Duplication in Flowering Plants. Molecular biology and evolution, 37(8), 2394–2413.