Euryale europaea is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pleistocene of Chekalin, Kaluga region, Russia, Belgium, and Bulgaria.
Description The dark brown, ovoid, 5.6 mm long, and 5.65 mm wide, operculate seeds have a prominent raphe. The 0.27–0.32 mm thick testa is smooth. The elliptic operculum is 2.14 mm long, and 1.25 mm wide.(1907), 22. C. A. Weber: Euryale europaea nov. sp. foss. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 25: 150-157.
Taxonomy It was published by Carl Albert Weber in April 1907.Euryale europaea C.A. Weber. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=5DDE39D0-68E7-48DB-BCF9-71F2F85D31D9 In three separate instances it has been suggested to treat it as a member of a separate genus Pseudoeuryale : First Pseudoeuryale europaea was published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in October 1972,Pseudoeuryale europaea (C.A. Weber) P.I. Dorof. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=F1A64039-8FE2-4AAC-A8C9-D7A640C1927D followed by Pseudoeuryale europaea published by Dieter Hans Mai based on previous work by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in September 1973,Pseudoeuryale europaea (C.A. Weber) P.I. Dorof. ex Mai. (n.d.). The INTERNATIONAL FOSSIL PLANT NAMES INDEX. Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=A8C73022-0901-BEAA-943F-516123A4D8F1 and lastly Pseudoeuryale europaea published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in March 1975.Pseudoeuryale europaea (C.A. Weber) P.I. Dorof. (n.d.-b). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=B86F0DD3-72B3-C6B4-B572-325B857F7C5B The same species name was used by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid for Euryale europaea published in September 1907Reid, Clement, & Reid, Eleanor Mary. (1915). The Pliocene floras of the Dutch-Prussian border. M. Nijhoff. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38317017 and as the name was already taken, this is a nomen illegitimum.Euryale europaea C. Reid, E. Reid. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=74E9C052-A643-47E3-BA83-DD6CB42F0800 Its correct name is Euryale limburgensis .
The neotype was designated by Alexander Borissovitch Doweld in 2022 and it is held in the collection of the Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.Doweld A.B. 2022. New names of fossil Nymphaeaceae and allied forms. Geophytology 52(1&2): 1–28.
Etymology The specific epithet europaea means European.Tilia × europaea. (n.d.). Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287366
Distribution It occurred in Russia, Belgium,VANHOORNE, R. (2005). POLLEN ASSEMBLAGES, PLANT COMMUNITIES AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PLEISTOCENE CAMPINE CLAY IN BELGIUM. Geologica Belgica. and Bulgaria.Palamarev, E. H., Bozukov, V., Uzunova, K., Petkova, A., & Kitanov, G. (2005). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of Bulgaria (Eocene to Pliocene). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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