Trapa

Trapa
Trapa incisa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Subfamily: Trapoideae
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Genus: Trapa
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Type species
Trapa natans
L.

Trapa is a genus of floating annual aquatic plants in the Lythraceae family. A well-known species in the genus is Trapa natans, grown as a food crop in China and the Indian subcontinent.

Evolution

Fossil record

Trapa americana, Latah Formation, North America

The genus Trapa has an extensive fossil record, with numerous, distinctive species. Undisputed fossilized seeds have been found in Cenozoic strata starting from the Eocene throughout Europe, China and North America (though the genus became extinct in North America prior to the Pleistocene).[1] The oldest known fossils attributed to the genus are of leaves from Cretaceous Alaska, referred to the species, T. borealis.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Trapa and its type species T. natans were named by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753.[3] The generic name Trapa is derived from a late Latin word for a caltrop, calcitrappa, an area denial weapon.[4] The specific name natans is the Latin for swimming or floating, from the verb nato, "I swim". As of 2023, there are eight recognised species, T. assamica, T. hankensis, T. hyrcana, T. incisa, T. kashmirensis, T. kozhevnikoviorum , T. natans, and T. nedoluzhkoi.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Torreya". Torrey Botanical Club. August 3, 1912 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Hollick, Charles Arthur (1936). The Tertiary floras of Alaska, Issues 181–184. United States Government Print Office. p. 156.
  3. ^ a b "Trapa Linnaeus, 1753". IRMNG. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ^ Palm, Natalie; Franzaring, Jürgen; Schweiger, Andreas H. (2024). "International Biological Flora: Trapa natans †: No. 5". Journal of Ecology. 112 (10): 2386–2420. Bibcode:2024JEcol.112.2386P. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14372.
  5. ^ "Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Lythraceae)". Botanica Wichita. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.

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