Trapa natans Linnaeus 1753 (water caltrop)

Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Trapaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Belongs to Trapa according to C. Linnaeus 1753

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Trapa alabamensis, Trapa americana, Trapa angulata, Trapa borealis, Trapa cuneata, Trapa microphylla, Trapa mohgaoensis, Trapa occidentalis, Trapa wilcoxensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (5)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (1)

• Miocene of China (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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