Brasenia Schreber 1789 (water lily)

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Parent taxon: Nymphaeaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chandler 1963

Sister taxa: Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, 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

Subtaxa: Brasenia antiqua Brasenia ovula Brasenia purpurea

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina collections)

• Pliocene of Germany (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Denmark (3), Germany (18), the Russian Federation (13)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 62 collections including 75 occurrences

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