Nelumbo pygmaea Dawson 1890 (lotus)

Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

Alternative combination: Nelumbium pygmaeum

Belongs to Nelumbo according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Nelumbo aureavallis, Nelumbo dawsoni, Nelumbo intermedia, Nelumbo kempii, Nelumbo lakesiana, Nelumbo laramiensis, Nelumbo nangalensis, Nelumbo nucifera, Nelumbo protolutea, Nelumbo puertae, Nelumbo saskatchuense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at North Fork of Similkameen River (Eocene of British Columbia)

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