Lotus

Lotus or LOTUS may refer to:

Plants

 * Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
 * Lotus (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
 * Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus
 * 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

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

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 (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

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

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
 * Lotus Blossom (born 2007) Japanese-American actress and daughter of Ernie Reyes Jr.
 * Lotus Long (1909–1990), Asian-American actress
 * Operation Lotus (disambiguation), multiple meanings