Nuphaea

Nuphaea
Temporal range: 48.2 Ma
Eocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphaea
Gee et David W. Taylor[1]
Species:
N. engelhardtii
Binomial name
Nuphaea engelhardtii
Gee et David W. Taylor[1]

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

Description

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Vegetative characteristics

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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

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Publication

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It was published by Carole T. Gee and David Winship Taylor in 2019.[1]

Type specimen

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The type specimen was collected by Hermann Engelhardt in the Messel Pit, Hessen, Germany.[1]

Position within Nymphaeales

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It is placed within the family Nymphaeaceae.[2][1]

Etymology

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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

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Habitat

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It grew at the edges of the Messel lake.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Smith, K. T. (2021). The Messel Pit: Window into a Greenhouse World. Geoconservation Research, 4(2), 547-556.