# Lotus

Lotus or LOTUS may refer to:

## Plants

* List of plants known as lotus, a list of various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** Nelumbo nucifera, the lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus
** Lotus (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
* Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology

## Places

* Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States
* Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States
* Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States
* Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States

## Brands
### Cars and car racing

* Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer
** Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season
** Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994
** Pacific Team Lotus, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Pacific and competed in Formula One in 1995
** Lotus GP, a French GP2 and GP3 racing team sponsored by Lotus Cars
* Team Lotus (2010–11), a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season

### Other brands

* Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
* Lotus, a brand of watches, part of the Festina Group
* Lotus Foods, an organic rice company
* Lotus Bakeries, a Belgian bakery founded in 1932
* Lotus Software, a personal computer software company, best known for:
** Lotus Notes, collaborative software, personal information manager and e-mail client now known as IBM Notes
** Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application
* Lotus's, formerly Lotus Supercenter and Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand and Malaysia operated by Charoen Pokphand Group

## Religion

* Sacred lotus in religious art
* Lotus throne base for figures in Asian religious art
* Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols)
* Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra

## Media and entertainment
### Music
#### Artists

* Lotus (Australian band), a 1970s rock, pop band
* Lotus (American band), an instrumental rock band
* Lotus (Hong Kong band), a 1960s pop band

#### Albums

* Lotus (Christina Aguilera album) (2012), by Christina Aguilera
* Lotus (Elisa album) (2003), by Elisa
* Lotus (Little Simz album) (2025), by Little Simz
* Lotus (Santana album) (1974), by Santana
* Lotus (2009), by Haywyre

#### Songs

* "Lotus" (Arashi song), by Arashi
* "Lotus" (Dir En Grey song), a song by Dir En Grey
* "Lotus" (R.E.M. song), by R.E.M.
* "Lotus", a song from Cage The Elephant's debut album
* ”Lotus”, a song by Lil Uzi Vert on the album Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2
* "Lotus", a song by Minus the Bear on Planet of Ice
* "Lotus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album Sim City

### Other media

* Lotus (board game), a strategy game
* Lotus (magazine), a trilingual political and cultural magazine
* Lotus (video game series), a videogame series based on Lotus cars
* Lotus, the codename of a character in the 2009 video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
* Lotus TV Macau, a television channel in Macau

## Vessels

* Lotus (1826 ship), English ship
* Lotus (motor vessel), a houseboat yacht
* S.S. Lotus, a French steamship involved in the Lotus case criminal trial
* S.S.S. Lotus, an American sailing vessel

## People

* Lotus (given name)
* Lotus Blossom (born 2007) Japanese-American actress and daughter of Ernie Reyes Jr.
* Lotus de Païni (1862–1953) Italian-born painter, writer, sculptor, and occultist
* Lotus Long (1909–1990), Asian-American actress

## Other uses

* Law of the unconscious statistician, a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function
* Lateral olfactory tract usher substance, a protein in nerve cells promoting axon growth
* Leticia "Lotus" Madrigal, a character from the Philippine drama series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap
* Operation Lotus (disambiguation), multiple meanings