Nymphaea elisabethae

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Nymphaea elisabethae
Temporal range: Chattian
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea
Subgenus: Nymphaea subg. Lotos
Species:
N. elisabethae
Binomial name
Nymphaea elisabethae

Nymphaea elisabethae is a fossil species in the family Nymphaeaceae [2] from the Chattian of Rott, near Bonn, Germany. [1]

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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]

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