Notonuphar
Notonuphar is an extinct genus of water lily in the family Nymphaeaceae. It contains a single species, Notonuphar antarctica. It is only known only from the Eocene-aged La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctica.
Notonuphar Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene ~ | |
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Fossil seeds | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | †Notonuphar Friis, Iglesias, Reguero & Mörs, 2017 |
Species: | †N. antarctica |
Binomial name | |
†Notonuphar antarctica Friis, Iglesias, Reguero & Mörs, 2017 | |
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