Nelumbo nangalensis Bhattacharyya 1983 (lotus)

Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

Belongs to Nelumbo according to Bhattacharyya 1983

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nongalbibra, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Tura Formation of India

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Nongalbibra

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