Euryale limburgensis is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Tegelen, Limburg Province, Netherlands, from the lower Pleistocene of Greece, from the PlioceneMartinetto, E. (1998). East Asian elements in the Plio-Pleistocene floras of Italy. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floristic Character Diversity of East Asian Plants (pp. 71-87). Berlin, Germany: Springer‐Verlag. and Pleistocene of Italy,Martinetto, E. (2001). The role of central Italy as a centre of refuge for thermophilous plants in the late Cenozoic. Acta Palaeobotanica, 41(2), 299-319. and from the Pliocene of France.Teodoridis, V., Kvaček, Z., & Uhl, D. (2009). Pliocene palaeoenvironment and correlation of the Sessenheim-Auenheim floristic complex (Alsace, France). Palaeodiversity, 2, 1-17.
Description The seeds are 9 mm long, and 7 mm wide.Kirchheimer, F. (1957). Die Laubgewächse der Braunkohlenzeit: mit einem kritischen Katalog ihrer Früchte und Samen. p. 620. Deutschland: W. Knapp. The testa is granulate.
Taxonomy It was first published as Euryale europaea by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in September 1907. It was published later than Euryale europaea published by Carl Albert Weber in April 1907.Euryale europaea C. Reid, E. Reid. (n.d.-b). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 17, 2024, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=74E9C052-A643-47E3-BA83-DD6CB42F0800 Therefore, it was changed to Euryale limburgensis published by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in July 1910.Reid, Clement, & Reid, Eleanor Mary. (1915). The Pliocene floras of the Dutch-Prussian border. M. Nijhoff. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38317017Euryale limburgensis C. Reid, E. Reid. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 17, 2024, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=EB959B5E-591A-43D6-953C-0C8A825E4F5E The type locality is Tegelen, Limburg Province, the Netherlands. It has been proposed to move it to a separate genus Pseudoeuryale as Pseudoeuryale limburgensis published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in October 1972 .Pseudoeuryale limburgensis (C. Reid, E. Reid) P.I. Dorof. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved December 17, 2024, from https://www.ifpni.org/species.htm?id=CE4EBF30-BEC6-4BD2-82C6-05C33287D248
Distribution It occurred in the Netherlands, Greece,Velitzelos, D., Bouchal, J. M., & Denk, T. (2014). Review of the Cenozoic floras and vegetation of Greece. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 204, 56-117. Italy, and France.
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