Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Parent taxon: Nymphaeales according to E. I. Vera et al. 2022
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Chandler 1964, Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000, MacGinitie 1941, Taylor et al. 2008 and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
Sister taxa: Braseniella, Cabombaceae, Hydatellaceae
Subtaxa: Anoectomeria Aquatifolia Brasenia Braseniopsis Cabomba Castalia Castaliites Cratopleura Dichastopollenites Eoeuryale Euryale Holopleura Monetianthus Nelumbites Nelumbium Nuphar Nymphaea Nymphaeaceaepites Nymphaeacidites Nymphaeites Nymphaeocaulon Nymphaeoipollis Nymphaeopsis Palaeonymphaea Paleonelumbo Paleonuphar Paranymphaea Protobarclaya Victoria
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (15 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of China (2), Germany (6), Italy (1), Japan (1), Portugal (5), United States (1: Nevada)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (1), Denmark (3), Germany (30), Japan (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (16), United States (5: Idaho, Montana, Nevada)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Oregon)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), India (4), the United Kingdom (10), United States (4: Alaska, California, Washington, Wyoming), Yemen (1)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Canada (7: Saskatchewan), China (1), India (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (45: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Brazil (9), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Egypt (6), India (2), Portugal (1), South Sudan (2), Sudan (1), United States (46: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 272 collections including 343 occurrences