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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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