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Nelumbium

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Taxonomy
Nelumbium was named by Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nelumbo by Knowlton (1919).

It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Nelumbium Jussieu
1941Nelumbium MacGinitie
1976Nelumbium Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
orderNymphaealesSalisbury 1820
familyNymphaeaceaeSalisbury 1805
genusNelumbiumJussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nelumbium Jussieu 1789
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Nelumbium lacunosum MacGinitie 1941
Nelumbium tenuifolium Lesquereux 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 60.90000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) N. tenuifolium (39899 53082)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) N. sp. (15000)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) N. buchii, N. microcarpum (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) N. sp. (224709)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) N. lacunosum (24002)