Euryale nodulosa Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Euryale |
Species: | †E. nodulosa |
Binomial name | |
†Euryale nodulosa |
Euryale nodulosa is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Reuver, Limburg Province, Netherlands [1] and Italy. [2]
It is an aquatic herb [3] with globose, 8mm long, and 8 mm wide seeds. [4] The testa has nodules. [4] [3]
It was first published as Euryale nodulosaC. Reid, E. Reid by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in 1915. [4] It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus PseudoeuryaleP.I. Dorof. as Pseudoeuryale nodulosa(C. Reid, E. Reid) A.G. Negru published by Andrei Grigorievich Negru in 1979. [5] It has also been viewed as a synonym of Euryale europaea by Kirchheimer, [2] [6] which was rejected by Martinetto. [2]
It occurred in the Netherlands, [7] [4] and in Italy. [2] [8] [7]