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Nymphaeaceae (water lily)
Taxonomy
Nymphaeaceae was named by Salisbury (1805). It is extant.
It was assigned to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1964); to Ranales by Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941) and Hickey (1977); and to Nymphaeales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016) and Vera et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1964); to Ranales by Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941) and Hickey (1977); and to Nymphaeales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016) and Vera et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Anoectomeria, Aquatifolia, Brasenia, Braseniopsis, Cabomba, Castalia, Castaliites, Cratopleura, Dichastopollenites, Eoeuryale, Euryale, Holopleura, Monetianthus, Nelumbites, Nelumbium, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Nymphaeaceaepites, Nymphaeacidites, Nymphaeites, Nymphaeocaulon, Nymphaeoipollis, Nymphaeopsis, Palaeonymphaea, Paleonelumbo, Paleonuphar, Paranymphaea, Protobarclaya, Victoria
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1805 | Nymphaeaceae Salisbury |
| 1919 | Nymphaeaceae Knowlton |
| 1941 | Nymphaeaceae MacGinitie |
| 1961 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 64 |
| 1962 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 60 |
| 1963 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 79 |
| 1964 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 110 |
| 1977 | Nymphaeaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Nymphaeaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Nymphaeaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Nymphaeaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 14 |
| 2022 | Nymphaeaceae Vera et al. |
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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.
Fm. Nymphaeaceae Salisbury 1805 [water lily]
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G. Castalia Salisbury 1805
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†Castalia duttoniana Knowlton 1918
†Castalia leei Knowlton 1917
†Castalia stantoni Knowlton 1918
G. †Nelumbites Berry 1911
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†Nelumbites extenuinervis Upchurch et al. 1994
†Nelumbites minimus Vakhrameev
†Nelumbites primaeva Berry 1903
†Nelumbites tenuinervis Fontaine 1889
†Nelumbites virginiensis Fontaine 1889
G. Nelumbium Jussieu 1789
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†Nelumbium lacunosum MacGinitie 1941
†Nelumbium tenuifolium Lesquereux 1874
G. Nymphaea Linnaeus 1753 [water lily]
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Nymphaea alba Linnaeus 1753
†Nymphaea leei Brown 1962
Nymphaea lotus Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea lutea Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea nouchali Burman 1768
†Nymphaea pulchella Brown 1962
G. †Nymphaeaceaepites Biswas 1962
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†Nymphaeaceaepites asteri Biswas 1962
†Nymphaeaceaepites rarispina Biswas 1962
†Nymphaeaceaepites wilsonii Biswas 1962
G. †Nymphaeacidites Sah
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†Nymphaeacidites clarus Dutta and Sah 1970
†Nymphaeacidites sphericus Dutta and Sah 1970
G. †Nymphaeites Sternberg 1825
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†Nymphaeites arethusae Brongniart 1822
†Nymphaeites nevadensis Brown 1938
G. †Nymphaeocaulon Trivedi and Ambwani 1971
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†Nymphaeocaulon intertrappeum Trivedi and Ambwani 1971
G. †Nymphaeoipollis Venkatachala and Kar 1969
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†Nymphaeoipollis flavatus Venkatachala and Kar 1969
†Nymphaeoipollis marginatus Venkatachala and Kar 1969
G. †Paranymphaea Berry 1935
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†Paranymphaea aristolochiaformis Berry 1937
†Paranymphaea crassifolia Newberry 1935
G. †Victoria Ettingshausen and Gardner 1879
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†Victoria najadum Ettingshausen and Gardner 1879
†Victoria sheppyensis Ettingshausen and Gardner 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (273 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barremian - Aptian | Sudan (West Kurdufan) | Dichastopollenites sp. (145179) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Brazil (Ceara) | Nymphaeaceae indet. (121684) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (150981 150985) Dichastopollenites sp. 1 (150996) Dichastopollenites spp. (150983 150997) Dichastopollenites spp., Dichastopollenites sp. 4, Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (150995) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Caerá) | Dichastopollenites spp. (150991) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Portugal (Leiria) | Monetianthus mirus (121686) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Maranhao) | Nymphaeites choffatii (31170) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | USA (Virginia) | Nelumbites extenuinervis, Nelumbites minimus (20897) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Kansas) | Aquatifolia fluitans (121685) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Montana) | Nymphaeites sp. (31080) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | India (Meghalaya) | Nymphaeaceaepites rarispina (224615) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | India | Nymphaeaceaepites sp. (224605) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Castaliites cordatus (31911) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Castaliites Cordatus (35005) Nymphaeites exemplaris (31912) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (142208 142209) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Dichastopollenites sp. (172153) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | South Sudan | Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (199997) Dichastopollenites sp. A (199996) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (north Western Desert) | Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (140409 140410 140414) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Egypt (north Western Desert) | Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis (140379) | |
| Coniacian - Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Nymphaeites sp. (35174 35206) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Paranymphaea hastata (27314 27368) | |