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Proteales |
 | | Both Nelumbonaceae and Platanaceae are known as fossils from the Albian (the dates are ca 106 and ca 110 mybp, respectively; for the former records, see Upchurch and Wolfe 2005), and Anderson et al. |
 | | Nelumbonaceae used to be associated with Nymphaeaceae, the two having superficially similar flowers and vegetative body (both are aquatics). |
 | | Nelumbonaceae are water plants that are easily recognised by their peltate leaves with dichotomous main venation that are held above the water surface like parasols, and their flowers which are like those of water lilies but have free carpels immersed in a large, obconical receptacle. |
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