Euryale akashiensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Euryale |
| Species: | †E. akashiensis
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Euryale akashiensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene[2] of Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan.[1]
Description
[edit]The ovate,[2] 7–9 mm long,[2][3] and 6–8 mm wide seeds[2] have a gnarled testa.[4][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first published as Euryale akashiensis Miki by Miki Shigeru in 1937.[4][1] It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus Pseudoeuryale P.I. Dorof. as Pseudoeuryale akashiensis (Miki) Doweld published by Alexander Borisovitch Doweld in 2022.[5][6] The lectotype was collected in Nakayagi-Yagi, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.[5]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Euryale akashiensis Miki. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=4457625F-0542-4544-BB0B-9518ACB36F9D
- ^ a b c d e Huang, Y., Ji, X., Su, T., Wang, L., Deng, C., Li, W., ... & Zhou, Z. (2015). Fossil seeds of Euryale (Nymphaeaceae) indicate a lake or swamp environment in the late Miocene Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China. Science Bulletin, 60(20), 1768-1777.
- ^ Kirchheimer, F. (1957). Die Laubgewächse der Braunkohlenzeit: mit einem kritischen Katalog ihrer Früchte und Samen. p. 93. Deutschland: W. Knapp.
- ^ a b Miki, S. (1937). Plant fossils from the Stegodon Beds and the Elephas Beds near Akashi. Japanese Journal of Botany, 8, 303-341.
- ^ a b Doweld A.B. 2022. New names of fossil Nymphaeaceae and allied forms. Geophytology 52(1&2): 1–28.
- ^ Pseudoeuryale akashiensis (Miki) Doweld. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=21ECFF27-CBB4-05A5-E372-50116B47AC88
- ^ Mädler, K. (1939). Die pliozäne Flora von Frankfurt am Main. p. 93. Deutschland: Senckenbergische Naturforschende Ges..