Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Full reference: E. M. Friis, K. R. Pedersen, M. Balthazar, G. W. Grimm, and P. R. Crane. 2009. Monetianthus mirus gen. et sp. nov. a Nymphaealean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 170(8):1086-1101

Parent taxon: Nymphaeaceae according to E. M. Friis et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, Brasenia, Braseniopsis, Cabomba, Castalia, Castaliites, Cratopleura, Dichastopollenites, Eoeuryale, Euryale, Holopleura, Nelumbites, Nelumbium, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Nymphaeaceaepites, Nymphaeacidites, Nymphaeites, Nymphaeocaulon, Nymphaeoipollis, Nymphaeopsis, Palaeonymphaea, Paleonelumbo, Paleonuphar, Paranymphaea, Protobarclaya, Victoria

Subtaxa: Monetianthus mirus

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Type: Monetianthus mirus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Vale de Agua 320 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

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