Nymphaea elisabethae


Nymphaea elisabethae is a fossil species in the family Nymphaeaceae from the Chattian of Rott, near Bonn, Germany.

Description

The ovate leaf has an entire margin. The basal sinus is narrow.

Taxonomy

It was described by Carole Terry Gee and David Winship Taylor in 2016. It is placed in the subgenus Nymphaea subg. Lotos. However, this placement is quite uncertain and Nymphaea elisabethae may be closer to Nuphaea engelhardtii than to Nymphaea subg. Lotos.

Etymology

The specific epithet elisabethae honours Elisabeth Statz Blançon.