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" by Clement Reid and Eleanor Mary Reid in 1915. It has been proposed to place it in a separate genus "Pseudoeuryale" as "Pseudoeuryale nodulosa" 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.