Nymphaea elisabethae
Nymphaea elisabethae is a fossil species in the family Nymphaeaceae[2] from the Chattian of Rott, near Bonn, Germany.[1]
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]
References
- 1234Nymphaea elisabethae Gee, David W. Taylor. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved May 30, 2025, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=8823732E-CE1B-85BF-B8A9-60E6B64390DC
- 1234Gee, Carole T. & Taylor, David Winship (2016). "Aquatic macrophytes from the upper Oligocene fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany). Part II: A new fossil leaf species of Nymphaea (subgenus Lotos), N. elisabethae Gee et David W. Taylor sp. nov". Palaeontographica Abteilung B. 295 (1–3): 33–43. doi:10.1127/palb/295/2016/33.
- ↑Gee, Carole T. & Taylor, David Winship (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. doi:10.1086/704376.
Categories:
- Nymphaea
- Oligocene plants
- Fossil taxa described in 2016
- Flora of Germany
- Paleobotany stubs
- Angiosperm stubs