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Nymphaeaceae
| Description | Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or emergent from the surface. The leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria and Euryale. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Nymphaeaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 70. Jun | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 129 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Nymphéacées, Water-lily Family, Waterleliefamilie, Näckrosväxter, Water Lilies, Seerosengewächse | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anoectomeria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aquatifolia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Barclaya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Barclayopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Castaliites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dichastopollenites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eoeuryale genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euryale genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Irtyshenia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Monetianthus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Nelumbites genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Nelumbium genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 61.7 Ma Paleocene | |
| Nenuphar genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nuphar genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nymphaea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Water Lily | 26 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Nyphar genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleonelumbo genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleonuphar genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paranymphaea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 87 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 56.8 Ma Paleocene | |
| Victoria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Nupharaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nupharaceae |
| Barclayaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Barclayaceae |
| Euryalaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Euryalaceae |
| Nympheaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nympheaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1805 | Nymphaeaceae Salisbury |
| 1941 | Nymphaeaceae MacGinitie |
| 1977 | Nymphaeaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Nymphaeaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Nymphaeaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 1805 | Nymphaeaceae Salisbury |
| 1941 | Nymphaeaceae MacGinitie |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1961 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 64 |
| 1962 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 60 |
| 1963 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 79 |
| 1964 | Nymphaeaceae Chandler p. 110 |
| 1977 | Nymphaeaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Nymphaeaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Nymphaeaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
