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 C. Reid, E. Reid by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in 1915. It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus Pseudoeuryale P.I. Dorof. as Pseudoeuryale nodulosa (C. Reid, E. Reid) A.G. Negru 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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