Nymphaea Linnaeus 1753 (water lily)

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 nouchali Nymphaea pulchella

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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)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences

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