Euryale yunnanensis

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Euryale yunnanensis
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Euryale
Species:
E. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Euryale yunnanensis
Y. Huang & Z. Zhou [1]

Euryale yunnanensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Late Miocene of Yunnan, China. [2] [1] [3]

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Description

The relatively small, elliptic or ellipsoidal, 5–8 mm long, and 4–6 mm wide seeds with a smooth surface have a circular germination cap. [1]

Taxonomy

It was published by Yongjiang Huang and Zhekun Zhou in 2015. [1] [4] The type specimen was collected from the Shuitangba village in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. [1]

Etymology

The specific epithet yunnanensis refers Yunnan, China. [1]

Ecology

It is an aquatic plant. [5] [6]

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References

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