Nuphaea engelhardtii was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the Eocene period of Germany.[1]
| 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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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.