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Euryale nodulosa

Euryale nodulosa is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Reuver, Limburg Province, Netherlands and Italy.

Description

It is an aquatic herb with globose, 8mm long, and 8 mm wide seeds. The testa has nodules.

Taxonomy

It was first published as Euryale nodulosa by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in 1915. It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus Pseudoeuryale as Pseudoeuryale nodulosa published by Andrei Grigorievich Negru in 1979. It has also been viewed as a synonym of Euryale europaea by Kirchheimer, which was rejected by Martinetto.

Distribution

It occurred in the Netherlands, and in Italy.

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