This time-lapse takes on how a lotus/nelumbo nucifera seed sprouting, rooting, and growing into plants. A small hole was scored on the chosen lotus seed to help with boosting germination. It was then ...

The flower of Nelumbo nucifera displays some highly specialized structural details apparently related to its pollination ecology. The functional significance of these structures, however, is still ...

The laticifers of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (Nelumbonaceae) occur in vascular bundles and separately from these in the ground parenchyma. In common with laticifers in some other plants, they pass ...