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Nymphaea (water lily)
Taxonomy
Nymphaea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Nymphaea alba.
It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).
It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Nymphaea Linnaeus |
| 1959 | Nymphaea Brown p. 128 |
| 1976 | Nymphaea Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Nymphaea Chauhan |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Nymphaea Linnaeus 1753 [water lily]
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Nymphaea alba Linnaeus 1753
†Nymphaea leei Brown 1962
Nymphaea lotus Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea lutea Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus 1753
Nymphaea nouchali Burman 1768
†Nymphaea pulchella Brown 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (40 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Nymphaea leei (43413) Nymphaea pulchella (52950) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Nymphaea nouchali (224606) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Nymphaea gypsorum (113682) | |
| Miocene - Middle Miocene | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nymphaea szaferi (23683) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nymphaea szaferi (23060) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Saxen) | Nymphaea szaferi (23674) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Nymphaea alba, Nymphaea lotus (28442) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Nymphaea sp. (24078 24079) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Nymphaea szaferi (27515) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nymphaea szaferi (23058 23609 23611 27016) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Nymphaea alba (28132) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Nymphaea sp. (27925) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Nymphaea longisperma (24098 24320 24321) Nymphaea longisperma, Nymphaea sp. (24094) Nymphaea sp. (24100 24286) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Nymphaea sp. (139703) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Nymphaea sp. (51758) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Nymphaea sp. (61887) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Nymphaea sp. (228772) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Nymphaea sp. (224612) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Nymphaea sp. (228760 228761 228776) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Nymphaea sp. (228785 228811) | |
| Quaternary | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Nymphaea sp. (228774 228777 228778) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttar Pradesh) | Nymphaea sp. (228820) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Nymphaea alba (228763) Nymphaea sp. (228773) Nymphaea sp., Nymphaea alba (228762) |