Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbonaceae is a family of aquatic flowering plants, particularly common in the Milky Way and its neighbouring galaxies. Commonly known as lotuses, these plants often have great mythological, religious, and magical significance in various cultures.
Genuses
Nelumbo
One of two lotus species native to Earth, yellow lotuses are found around North America. Throughout human history yellow lotuses slowly declined due to habitat destruction, but bounced back after humans went extinct.
Yellow lotuses now feature on the logo of the Jovian Earth Council and the Jupiter Space Legion.
Native to Ocearia, brine lotuses inhabit the aptly named Brine River. Brine lotuses light up the dim river with their bioluminescent yellow stigmas. They are harvested by the few populations that live by the Brine River, their stems and stalks consumed while their petals are used for decoration.
These plants store salt in their petals, combining it with special pheromones to produce a stench that deters predators.
The other of the two Earth lotuses, this species is native to Asia, with small invasive populations around northern Oceania. It served as the national symbol of several human nations, and serves as the symbol of the Earth Taxonomist Society, the people who first popularised human taxonomy systems.
Sacred lotuses now have small populations in Jupiter, due to jovian translocation.
Floating derries are a species of magical lotus from Maloruno. They are most common in the Equator Range, where they rise up the air through the day and float down the mountainsides during evenings, settling in the lowlands at night.
These flowers contain higher levels of aeromagis which is what gives them ability to remain airborne constantly.
Exonei
Species in Exonei genus are characterised by spiky petals.
Appropriately named, prickly lotuses are native to Capepo. They have small amounts of capsaicin in their petals, making them a popular source of food for capsains. They have incredible genetic diversity as they have spread around the entirety of Barbas, a continent made up of hundreds of thousands of islands.
Named after the petal's striking similarity to the beaks of toucans, toucan lotuses grow in the dense swamplands and rainforests of Emycelium.
A common host for parasitic insects and other small animals, toucan lotus borers often dig small nests within these hollow petals. The insects make a rattling sound when the petals move, which people commonly mistake as the plant itself.
With a connection to Amaramancy, more commonly known as heart or love magic, paradise lotuses secrete chemicals that make people nearby fall in love with one another. They are often given to spouses and partners during romantic holidays as a symbol of love and loyalty.
Native to Dracosei, they grow around Etrea, the largest continent.
These monolithic plants grow from the oceans around Sacaethea, reaching upwards of four hundred metres above sea level. Sacaethean lotuses often serve as nesting sites for petrils, mega tube-nosed seabirds with wingspans reaching fifteen metres.
A few lotuses close to pirate civilisation are inhabited, with small towns built on the sturdy petals.
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