Nuphaea
| Nuphaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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
[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]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
- ↑ Vera, Ezequiel I.; Perez Loinaze, Valeria S.; Moyano-Paz, Damián; Coronel, Marina D.; Manabe, Makoto; Tsuihiji, Takanobu & Novas, Fernando E. (2022). "Paleobotany of the uppermost Cretaceous Chorrillo Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina: insights in a freshwater floral community". Cretaceous Research. 138 105296. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105296.
- ↑ Smith, Krister (2021). "The Messel Pit: Window into a Greenhouse World". Geoconservation Research. 4 (2). doi:10.30486/gcr.2021.1926272.1087.