Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1911. Systematic paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Maryland. Angiospermae. Lower Cretaceous 452-508

Parent taxon: Nymphaeaceae according to R. Kräusel 1939

See also Andrews 1970, Berry 1911, Knowlton 1919 and Upchurch et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, Brasenia, Braseniopsis, Cabomba, Castalia, Castaliites, Cratopleura, Dichastopollenites, Eoeuryale, Euryale, Holopleura, Monetianthus, Nelumbium, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Nymphaeaceaepites, Nymphaeacidites, Nymphaeites, Nymphaeocaulon, Nymphaeoipollis, Nymphaeopsis, Palaeonymphaea, Paleonelumbo, Paleonuphar, Paranymphaea, Protobarclaya, Victoria

Subtaxa: Nelumbites extenuinervis Nelumbites minimus Nelumbites primaeva Nelumbites schweinfurthi Nelumbites tenuinervis Nelumbites virginiensis

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Type: Menispermites virginiensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Quantico Locality (Cretaceous of Virginia)

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