Nymphaea elisabethae
| Nymphaea elisabethae Temporal range: [1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Subgenus: | Nymphaea subg. Lotos |
| Species: | †N. elisabethae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nymphaea elisabethae Gee and David W. Taylor[1]
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Nymphaea elisabethae is a fossil species in the family Nymphaeaceae[2] from the Chattian of Rott, near Bonn, Germany.[1]
Description
The ovate leaf has an entire margin. The basal sinus is narrow.[2]
Taxonomy
It was described by Carole Terry Gee and David Winship Taylor in 2016.[1] It is placed in the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Lotos.[2] However, this placement is quite uncertain and Nymphaea elisabethae may be closer to Nuphaea engelhardtii than to Nymphaea subg. Lotos.[3]
Etymology
The specific epithet elisabethae honours Elisabeth Statz Blançon.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Nymphaea elisabethae Gee, David W. Taylor. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved May 30, 2025, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=8823732E-CE1B-85BF-B8A9-60E6B64390DC
- ^ a b c d Gee, C. T., & Taylor, D. W. (2016). Aquatic macrophytes from the upper Oligocene fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany). Part II: A new fossil leaf species of Nymphaea (subgenus Lotos), N. elisabethae Gee et David W. Taylor sp. nov.
- ^ Gee, C. T., & Taylor, D. W. (2019). An Extinct Transitional Leaf Genus of Nymphaeaceae from the Eocene Lake at Messel, Germany: Nuphaea engelhardtii Gee et David W. Taylor gen. et sp. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(7), 724-736.