Ten Lotus species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of flowers and foliage. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Original video contributions: CC BY-SA 4.0. Individual photographs retain the licences and credits listed in attribution; public-domain and CC0 photographs remain so. Photograph credits: 1. File:Birds-foot_Lotus_corniculatus_flowerheads_leaves.jpg; Dcrjsr; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABirds-foot_Lotus_corniculatus_flowerheads_leaves.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 2. File:Lotus_tenuis.jpeg; Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC); CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_tenuis.jpeg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 3. File:Starr_020808-0008_Lotus_uliginosus.jpg; Forest & Kim Starr; CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AStarr_020808-0008_Lotus_uliginosus.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 4. File:Lotus_creticus.JPG; Carsten Niehaus (photographer explicitly credited in Commons description); CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_creticus.JPG; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 5. File:Lotus_cytisoides_(habitus).jpg; Hans Hillewaert; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_cytisoides_%28habitus%29.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 6. File:Lotus_ornithopodioides_RF_01.jpg; Robert Flogaus-Faust; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_ornithopodioides_RF_01.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 7. File:Lotus_edulis_kz1.jpg; Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_edulis_kz1.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 8. File:(MHNT)_Lotus_angustissimus_-_Flowers_and_leaves.jpg; Didier Descouens; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%28MHNT%29_Lotus_angustissimus_-_Flowers_and_leaves.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 9. File:Lotus_maculatus-IMG_0400.jpg; C T Johansson; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_maculatus-IMG_0400.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences. 10. File:Lotus_berthelotii_IMGP5869.jpg; No machine-readable author provided. Juanillo1976 assumed (based on copyright claims).; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALotus_berthelotii_IMGP5869.jpg; Portrait crop and scaling; title and caption bars added. Photographs retain the stated source licences.