Castalia Salisbury 1805 (water lily)
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Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Parent taxon: Nymphaeaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, Brasenia, Braseniopsis, Cabomba, Castaliites, Cratopleura, Dichastopollenites, Eoeuryale, Euryale, Holopleura, Monetianthus, Nelumbites, Nelumbium, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Nymphaeaceaepites, Nymphaeacidites, Nymphaeites, Nymphaeocaulon, Nymphaeoipollis, Nymphaeopsis, Palaeonymphaea, Paleonelumbo, Paleonuphar, Paranymphaea, Protobarclaya, Victoria
Subtaxa: Castalia duttoniana Castalia leei Castalia stantoni
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Hamilton Bay, Kupreanof Island - "A" (Eocene of Alaska)
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