Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Nymphaeaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991
See also Brown 1959 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, Brasenia, Braseniopsis, Cabomba, Castalia, Castaliites, Cratopleura, Dichastopollenites, Eoeuryale, Euryale, Holopleura, Monetianthus, Nelumbites, Nelumbium, Nuphar, Nymphaeaceaepites, Nymphaeacidites, Nymphaeites, Nymphaeocaulon, Nymphaeoipollis, Nymphaeopsis, Palaeonymphaea, Paleonelumbo, Paleonuphar, Paranymphaea, Protobarclaya, Victoria
Subtaxa: Nymphaea alba Nymphaea leei Nymphaea lotus Nymphaea lutea Nymphaea nelumbo Nymphaea nouchali Nymphaea pulchella
Type: Nymphaea alba
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (14 collections), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Germany (10), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences
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