Nuphaea
| Nuphaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | †Nuphaea Gee et David W. Taylor[1] |
| Species: | †N. engelhardtii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nuphaea engelhardtii Gee et David W. Taylor[1]
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Nuphaea engelhardtii was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the Eocene period of Germany.[1]
Description[edit]
Vegetative characteristics[edit]
Nuphaea engelhardtii was an aquatic plant with petiolate, macrophyllous, simple, ovate leaves with an entire margin. The base of the lamina is cordate. The leaves have a prominent medial vein.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
Publication[edit]
It was published by Carole T. Gee and David Winship Taylor in 2019.[1]
Type specimen[edit]
The type specimen was collected by Hermann Engelhardt in the Messel Pit, Hessen, Germany.[1]
Position within Nymphaeales[edit]
It is placed within the family Nymphaeaceae.[2][1]
Etymology[edit]
The generic name Nuphaea reflects the intermediate position of the genus between the genera Nuphar and Nymphaea. The specific epithet engelhardtii honours the German paleobotanist Hermann Engelhardt (1839–1918).[1]
Ecology[edit]
Habitat[edit]
It grew at the edges of the Messel lake.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ Vera, E. I., Loinaze, V. S. P., Moyano-Paz, D., Coronel, M. D., Manabe, M., Tsuihiji, T., & Novas, F. E. (2022). Paleobotany of the uppermost Cretaceous Chorrillo Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina: insights in a freshwater floral community. Cretaceous Research, 138, 105296.
- ^ Smith, K. T. (2021). The Messel Pit: Window into a Greenhouse World. Geoconservation Research, 4(2), 547-556.