2018 in paleobotany
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This article records new taxa of plants described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in 2018.
Flowering plants
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A member of the family Berberidaceae; a replacement name for the previously invalidly published Mahonia sinuata Axelrod (1985), lacking holotype designation when published. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A member of the family Berberidaceae; a replacement name for Ilex sinuata Chaney & Axelrod (1959). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Arai & Dias-Brito | A pollen taxon, possibly a member of the family Loranthaceae. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Aniba; a replacement name for Aniba longifolia Kolakovsky & Schakryl (1958). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Dilcher | A rosid described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Churia Formation | A species of Annona. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva | A member of Laurales described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Moiseeva, Kodrul & Herman | Zeya–Bureya Basin | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves, similar to leaves of members of the family Betulaceae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds & Pace | Early Oligocene | A member of Vitaceae. Genus includes new species A. dettmannae. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Berberis; a replacement name for Berberis lanceolata Givulescu (1985). | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Berberis; a replacement name for Ilex ambigua Unger (1847) and Berberis ambigua Kovar-Eder & Kvaček (2004). | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Awasthi, Mehrotra & Shukla | Cuddalore Sandstone Formation | A fossil wood showing affinities with members of the genus Berrya. Genus includes new species B. cuddalorensis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moya & Brea | Late Pleistocene | A member of Bignoniaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species B. americanum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Dong & Sun in Dong et al. | A species of Burretiodendron. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Su & Zhou | Late Pliocene | A species of Buxus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Han & Manchester in Han et al. | A species of Canarium | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pujana et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Albian) | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A species of Castanopsis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A species of Castanopsis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. allodapus. | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla & Mehrota | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Meliaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Cladium; a replacement name for Cladium crassum Negru (1972), preoccupied by extant C. crassum (Thwaites) Kükenthal. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Clerodendrum; a replacement name for Clerodendrum ovalifolium Baikovskaja in Kryshtofovich & Baikovskaja (1965). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Coiffard & Mohr | A member of the family Araceae belonging or related to the subfamily Aroideae. | |||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Manchester, Pigg & Devore | Little Butte Volcanic Series | A Trochodendraceae genus. Type species C. kvacekii Manchester, Pigg & Devore (2018) from Oregon | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Moiseeva, Kodrul & Herman | Zeya–Bureya Basin | A member of the family Betulaceae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pujana in Pujana et al. | A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species C. heteropunctatum. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Mantzouka | Early Miocene | A member of the family Lauraceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Mantzouka | Early Miocene | A member of the family Lauraceae. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves; a replacement name for the invalidly published Cussoniphyllum Velenovský (1889). Genus includes "Cussonia" partita Velenovský (1882). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Cyperus; a replacement name for Dichostylis macrocarpa Mai (1987). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Cyperus; a replacement name for Dichostylis minor Mai in Mai & Walther (1991). | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | Cretaceous (late Albian to Cenomanian) | An early eudicot; a new genus for "Carpites" cordiformis Lesquereux (1892). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Yuanmou Basin | A member of the family Fabaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species D. burmensis. The generic name is preoccupied by Diaphoranthus Meyen (1834); Poinar (2019) coined a replacement name Exalloanthum.[28] | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Dilcher | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Guzmán-Vázquez, Calvillo-Canadell & Sánchez-Beristain | A member of the family Dioscoreaceae. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves; a replacement name for the preoccupied Diplophyllum Velenovský & Viniklář (1929). Genus includes "Inga" cottae Ettingshausen (1867), "Diplophyllum" cretaceum Velenovský & Viniklář (1929), "Hymenaea" elongata Velenovský (1884), "Hymenaea" inaequalis Velenovský (1884) and "Hymenaea" primigenia de Saporta in Velenovský (1884). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | A pollen taxon belonging to the family Dipterocarpaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Dilcher | A member of the family Ceratophyllaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Awasthi, Mehrotra & Shukla | Cuddalore Sandstone Formation | A fossil wood showing affinities with members of the family Ebenaceae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species E. grandis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a possible relative of members of the family Dilleniaceae; Chambers & Poinar (2023) subsequently reinterpreted it as a member of the family Proteaceae,[34] but this interpretation was rejected by Lamont & Ladd (2024).[35] Genus includes new species E. paleosum. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Awasthi, Mehrotra & Shukla | Cuddalore Sandstone Formation | A fossil wood showing affinities with members of the genus Eucalyptus. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Euphorbia; a replacement name for Euphorbia cylindrica Negru (1979). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | A member of Cornales. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A replacement name for Ficus angustifolia Hosius (1869). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A replacement name for Ficus crassinervis Hosius (1869). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A replacement name for Ficus laurifolia Hosius & Marck (1880). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A replacement name for Ficus magnoliifolia Lesquereux (1883). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A replacement name for Ficus elongata Hosius (1869). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus schimperi Lesquereux (1868). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang & Zhou in Huang et al. | Wenshan Basin | A species of Ficus. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus myrtifolius Berry (1916). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus pilosa Ettingshausen (1872). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus venusta Saporta (1861). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Malpighiastrum venustum Unger (1860). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus densifolia Knowlton (1899). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | A species of Fissistigma. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla, Mehrotra & Nawaz Ali | Early Eocene | Palana Formation | A species of Gardenia. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species G. portugallicum. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Early Miocene | A member of Leguminosae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Bera in Khan et al. | Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene | A species of Gmelina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Middle Churia Formation | A species of Goniothalamus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Hernandez-Hernández & Castañeda-Posadas | Early Miocene | A species of Gouania. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves; a replacement name for the invalidly published Hederophyllum Velenovský (1889). Genus includes "Hedera" credneriifolia Velenovský (1882) and "Hedera" primordialis de Saporta (1879). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Su & Zhou in Su et al. | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Lythraceae. Originally described as a species of Hemitrapa, but subsequently transferred to the genus Primotrapa by Li et al. (2020).[45] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Hibiscus; a replacement name for the invalidly named Hibiscus splendens Baikovskaja. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla, Mehrotra & Nawaz Ali | Early Eocene | Palana Formation | A species of Holigarna. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Awasthi, Mehrotra & Shukla | Cuddalore Sandstone Formation | A fossil wood showing affinities with members of the genus Hopea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Srivastava, Mehrotra & Dilcher | A species of Ipomoea. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kowalski in Kowalski & Worobiec | A member of Ericaceae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes "Elaeocarpus" globulus Menzel (1906). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Figueira da Foz Formation | A member of the family Chloranthaceae. Genus includes new species K. rugosum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most similar to members of the families Brunelliaceae and Cunoniaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | Upper Salamanca Formation | A member of Cunoniaceae. Genus includes new species L. spectabilum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Laurus; a replacement name for Ficus reticulata Saporta (1863). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez, Gandolfo & Cúneo | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves. Genus includes new species L. padillae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yabe & Nakagawa | A fossil legume fruit. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ligustrum; a replacement name for the invalidly named Ligustrum vulgare var. fossilis Baikovskaja. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | A member of Pentapetalae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species L. revoluta. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Coiffard & Mohr | A member of the family Araceae belonging to the subfamily Lemnoideae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Middle Miocene | Fotan Group | A species of Liquidambar. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Yuanmou Basin | A member of the family Fagaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A member of Fagaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A member of the family Lauraceae. Genus includes new species L. nanningensis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez | Late Eocene | A member of Fabaceae belonging to the group Dalbergieae. Genus includes new species L. gunnii. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species L. choffatii. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Lycopus; a replacement name for the invalidly named Lycopus intermedius Dorofeev (1963). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Malus; a replacement name for Malus pulcherrima Givulescu (1980). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Franco | Late Cenozoic | A member of Celastraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species M. perforatum. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil wood, with a suite of features seen in several families of Malpighiales, Myrtales and Oxalidales. Genus includes new species M. waddellii. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Meliosma; a replacement name for Calvarinus reticulatus Reid & Reid (1910). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | A member of the family Menispermaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Guzmán-Vázquez, Calvillo-Canadell & Sánchez-Beristain | A member of the family Menispermaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liang et al. | Yong'ancun Formation | A species of Nelumbo. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Wang | An early flowering plant. Genus includes new species N. lingyuanensis. | |||||
| Gen. et 5 sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A fossil seed with affinities to Austrobaileyales and Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species N. taylorii, N. hopewellense, N. crassum, N. virginiense and N. marylandense. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A tupelo; a replacement name for Nyssa maxima Givulescu, Petrescu & Barbu (1997). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species O. edenensis. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ocotea; a replacement name for Laurophyllum undulatum Weyland & Kilpper (1963). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Mendes & Pedersen | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian) | An early eudicot. Genus includes new species P. pantoporata. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | A member of the family Juglandaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pigg, Bryan & DeVore | A monocot similar to members of Amaryllidaceae. Genus includes new species P. billgenseli. |  | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Dong & Sun in Dong et al. | Middle Miocene | Fotan Group | A species of Paliurus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nour-El-Deen, El-Saadawi & Thomas | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nour-El-Deen & Thomas in Nour-El-Deen, Thomas & El-Saadawi | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nour-El-Deen, El-Saadawi & Thomas | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Yuanmou Basin | A member of the family Fabaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Yuanmou Basin | A member of the family Fabaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Moya, Brea & Lutz | A member of Apocynaceae described on the basis of fossil wood; a new genus for "Menendoxylon" piptadiensis Lutz (1987). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pujana in Pujana et al. | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species P. hilaris. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Almargem Formation | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species P. reyi. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | A member of the family Trochodendraceae. The type species is P. sternhartae. |  | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Photinia; a replacement name for the invalidly named Photinia acuminata Baikovskaja in Kryshtofovich & Baikovskaja (1965). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Pistacia; a replacement name for Pistacia lentiscoides Andreánszky & Cziffery in Andreánszky (1959). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Pistacia; a replacement name for Pistacia acuminata Reid & Reid (1915). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik & Poole in Akkemik et al. | Early Miocene | A Pistacia-like plant described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Srivastava, Mehrotra & Srikarni | Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene | Kimin Formation | A member of the family Annonaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves; a replacement name for the invalidly published Grevilleophyllum Velenovský (1889). Genus includes "Grevillea" constans Velenovský (1883). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sokoloff, Remizowa & Nuraliev in Sokoloff et al. | A species of Prunus. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester & Balmaki | Early Oligocene | A fossil fruit of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Anacardium" peruvianum Berry (1924). | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Coiffard & Mohr | A member of the family Araceae belonging to the subfamily Lemnoideae. Genus includes new species P. simile. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Grímsson & Zetter in Grímsson et al. | A pollen taxon, a member of the family Winteraceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Yuanmou Basin | A member of the family Juglandaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla, Mehrotra & Nawaz Ali | Early Eocene | Palana Formation | A species of Pterygota. | |||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Ranunculus; a replacement name for Ranunculus pusillus Dorofeev (1987). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | A pollen taxon resembling pollen of members of the genus Pigafetta. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Figueira da Foz Formation | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species R. parvum. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Rhododendron; a replacement name for Rhododendron germanicum Mai & Walther (1988). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A member of the family Chloranthaceae. Genus includes new species R. kvacekii. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Conran, Kennedy & Bannister | Early Eocene | A species of Ripogonum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Franco | Late Cenozoic | A member of Polygonaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | Churia Formation | A species of Ryparosa. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Hernández-Damián, Gómez-Acevedo & Cevallos-Ferriz | A species of Salacia. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Sambucus; a replacement name for the invalidly named Sambucus palaeoracemosa Baikovskaja in Kryshtofovich & Baikovskaja (1965). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Dilcher | A member or a relative of the family Platanaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | A member of the family Cyperaceae; a replacement name for the invalidly named Scirpus (Schoenoplectus) isolepioides Mai & Walther (1988). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Scirpus; a replacement name for Scirpus leptocarpus Negru (1986), preoccupied by extant Scirpus leptocarpus Mueller (1855). | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. lativalva. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species S. kvacekiorum. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | More et al. | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Sloanea. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nixon, Crepet, Gandolfo & Grimaldi | A member of Fagales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. cupulata. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang & Momohara in Huang, Momohara & Wang | A species of Staphylea. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Rozefelds & Pace | A member of Vitaceae; a new genus for "Vitaceoxylon" ramunculiformis Poole & Wilkinson (2000). | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Arai & Dias-Brito | A phytoclast, possibly a member of Nymphaeaceae. Genus includes S. furcata (Duarte & Arai, 2010). | |||||
| Comb nov | valid | (Hollick) Manchester & Han | "King Salmon Lake flora" | A moonseed species. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Han & Manchester in Han et al. | A species of Stephania. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jud & Gandolfo in Jud et al. | A species of Stephania. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Han & Manchester in Han et al. | A species of Stephania. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Sterculia; a replacement name for Acer crassinervium Ettingshausen (1869). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tiffney, Manchester & Fritsch | Early Miocene | Brandon Lignite | A species of Symplocos. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tarran et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Syzygium. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla, Mehrotra & Nawaz Ali | Early Eocene | Palana Formation | A species of Syzygium. | |||
| Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Early Cretaceous (early Aptian to early to middle Albian) | A flowering plant with affinities to Austrobaileyales or Nymphaeales. Genus includes new species T. hopewellense, T. marylandense, T. drewriense and T. antiquum. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Crepet, Nixon & Weeks | Lower Magothy Formation | A member of Ericales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species T. squamata. | ||||
| Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Arai & Dias-Brito | A phytoclast. Genus includes new species T. brevifurcatus (probably a member of Campanulaceae), T. duplihelicoidus (affinity unknown) and T. simplex (a dicotyledon of uncertain affinity). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Arai & Dias-Brito | A pollen taxon, an indeterminate dicotyledon. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva in Golovneva & Zolina | Taxon described on the basis of fossil leaves resembling leaves of members of the family Cercidiphyllaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester, Pigg & Devore | Middle Miocene | Little Butte Volcanic Series | A species of Trochodendron. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester, Pigg & Devore | Middle Miocene | Little Butte Volcanic Series | A species of Trochodendron. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A eudicot with similarities to members of Dilleniaceae, described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species T. newmexicoense. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Xing in Zhang et al. | An elm. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Xing in Zhang et al. | An elm. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Blokhina & Bondarenko | Sazanka Formation | An elm. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | Churia Formation | A member of the family Annonaceae. | |||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Viburnum; a replacement name for Viburnum lantanoides Dorofeev (1977). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pujana in Pujana et al. | A member of Cunoniaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | A member of the family Menispermaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. Genus includes new species W. menispermoides. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wang & Dilcher | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves. Genus includes "Dicotylophyllum" expansolobum Upchurch & Dilcher (1990). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Zanthoxylum; a replacement name for Zanthoxylum affine Pilar (1883). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Zanthoxylum; a replacement name for Rutaspermum rugosum Chandler (1964). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik & Poole in Akkemik et al. | Early Miocene | A Zelkova-like plant described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Zygogynum. |
Pinales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa et al. | A species of Agathis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lignier ex Philippe et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian-Albian) | A member of Araucariaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei, Iamandei & Grădinaru | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kloster & Gnaedinger | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Andruchow-Colombo et al. | A species of Araucaria. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Faria et al. | A conifer described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei, Iamandei & Grădinaru | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei, Iamandei & Grădinaru | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tian, Zhu & Wang in Tian et al. | A coniferous wood. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson et al. | A conifer pollen cone. Genus includes new species C. minutus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ding & Zhou in Ding et al. | Lühe Basin | A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Cryptomeria. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kodrul et al. | Early Oligocene | A species of Cunninghamia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A pollen taxon with affinities with the family Araucariaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A pollen taxon with affinities with the family Araucariaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jin & Sun in Jin et al. | A conifer. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ghosh et al. | Rajmahal Basin | A member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species H. cupressoides. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Andruchow-Colombo et al. | Salamanca Formation | The oldest member of a scale-leaved clade of Podocarpaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova | Irkutsk Coal Basin | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stockey et al. | A member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of pollen cones. Genus includes new species M. holbergensis. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Dafla Formation | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus arunachalensis Khan & Bera (2017) (preoccupied by Pinus arunachalensis Srivastava, 2017). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huerta Vergara & Cevallos-Ferriz | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A pine. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus pseudotaeda Saporta (1865). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus microcarpa Saporta (1865). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus divaricata Saporta (1865). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus hokkaidoensis Stockey & Ueda (1986). | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A pine; a replacement name for Pinus deflexa Saporta (1865). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huerta Vergara & Cevallos-Ferriz | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A pine. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | He et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Platycladus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ghosh et al. | Rajmahal Basin | A member of Podocarpaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Tian & Wang in Zhang et al. | A member of the family Pinaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Tian & Wang in Zhang et al. | A member of the family Pinaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei, Iamandei & Grădinaru | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Batista et al. | A member of Cheirolepidiaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček et al. | An araucarian pollen cone. Genus includes new species R. hispanicus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Jin & Manchester | Fossil wood resembling Sequoia. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tian et al. | A member of Sequoioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic | Czeremkhovskaya Formation | Possibly a member of the family Taxaceae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tan et al. | A member of Cupressaceae sensu lato. |
Other seed plants
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic | Prisayanskaya Formation | A member of Ginkgoales. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Devonian | An early seed plant. Genus includes new species C. qii. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Middle Jurassic | Taltsy Formation | Seed of a gymnosperm of uncertain affinities. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | Carboniferous (early Westphalian D) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | Carboniferous (Bolsovian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A pollen taxon, similar to many of the modern cycad pollen types. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova, Kostina & Nosova | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A member of Ephedraceae. Genus includes new species E. chinensis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Yan'an Formation | A member of Ginkgoales. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Middle Jurassic | Taltsy Formation | A member of Ginkgoales. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova, Kostina & Nosova | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tan, Dilcher, Wang & Sun in Sun et al. | A species of Ginkgo. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tan, Dilcher, Wang & Sun in Sun et al. | A species of Ginkgo. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic | Czeremkhovskaya Formation | Originally described as a species of Ginkgo, but subsequently transferred to the genus Ginkgoites.[124] | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tan, Dilcher, Wang & Sun in Sun et al. | A species of Ginkgo. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov | Late Permian | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Early Permian | A cone fossil belonging to the group Cordaitopsida and the family Cordaitaceae. Genus includes new species H. shenii. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zavattieri, Gutiérrez & Ezpeleta | A member of Voltziales described on the basis of fossil pollen grains. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fu et al. | South Xiangshan Formation | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Interpreted as an early fossil flower by Fu et al. (2018);[128] Coiro, Doyle & Hilton (2019) considered known specimens of this plant to be more similar to conifer cones.[129] Genus includes new species N. dendrostyla. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao & Deng in Zhao et al. | Xishanyao Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao & Deng in Zhao et al. | Xishanyao Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Zhao & Deng in Zhao et al. | Early and Middle Jurassic | A member of Bennettitales; a replacement name for Nilssoniopteris angustifolia Wang (1984), preoccupied by Nilssoniopteris angustifolia Doludenko and Svanidze (1969). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Khukhteeg Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Tevshiingovi Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yamada, Legrand & Nishida | Sasayama Group | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Early Permian | A member of Ginkgoales belonging to the family Cheirocladaceae. Genus includes new species O. ovoides. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Bomfleur & Drinnan | Fort Cooper Coal Measures | A member of Glossopteridales. Genus includes new species P. tayloriorum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Irkutsk Basin | A member of Leptostrobales (= Czekanowskiales). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Tevshiin Govi Formation | A conifer belonging to the family Podozamitaceae, described on the basis of leaves. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Golovneva | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Tevshiin Govi Formation | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Golovneva | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Tevshiin Govi Formation | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gnilovskaya & Golovneva | A member of Bennettitales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gnilovskaya & Golovneva | A member of Bennettitales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cariglino, Monti & Zavattieri | A seed fern. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov | A member of Pinopsida belonging to the group Cordaitanthales and to the family Rufloriaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Early Permian | A seed fossil belonging to the group Cordaitopsida and the family Cordaitaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A member of Czekanowskiales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Forte & Kerp in Forte et al. | Tregiovo Formation | A fern-like plant, probably a seed fern. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gordenko & Broushkin | A gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, belonging to the new order Trisquamales. Genus includes new species T. valentinii. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | Lees Sandstone | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | Late Triassic (Carnian or earliest Norian) | Blackstone Formation | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin, Pott & Sobbe | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez, Ottone & Artabe | A cycad belonging to the group Encephalartoideae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Erdei & Calonje in Erdei et al. | Late Eocene |
Other plants
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Correia et al. | Douro Basin | A marattialean fern. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schäfer-Verwimp, Hedenäs, Ignatov & Heinrichs in Kaasalainen et al. | A moss resembling members of the extant genus Aptychella of the family Pylaisiadelphaceae. Genus includes new species A. fossilis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Wutonggou Formation | A member of Calamitaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | De Benedetti et al. | A species of Azolla. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales. Genus includes new species B. candlewaxia. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A zosterophyll. Genus includes new species B. sichuanensis. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez & Balarino | A spore taxon. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales. Genus includes new species C. cetenis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | A member of Lejeuneaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Middle Jurassic | Taltsy Formation | A fern of uncertain affinities. | |||
| Cladophlebis odintsovае[115] | Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Middle Jurassic | Prisayanskaya Formation | A fern of uncertain affinities. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Libertín et al. | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A spore taxon similar to spores of extant members of the families Sphaerocarpaceae, Ricciaceae and Riellaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A spore taxon related to the family Marsileaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pinson, Manchester & Sessa | A species of Culcita. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck | A prasinophyte. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bodnar et al. | A fern belonging to the family Dipteridaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pott & Bomfleur in Pott et al. | A fern belonging to the family Dipteridaceae. Genus includes new species D. repanda. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pfeiler & Tomescu | A member of Rhyniopsida. Genus includes new species E. gaspiana | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Morris, Edwards & Pedersen | Freshwater West Formation | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species E. enigmatica. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wellman | Val d'Amour Formation | A plant described on the basis of fossil spores. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wellman | Campbellton Formation | A plant described on the basis of fossil spores. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | García Muro, Rubinstein & Steemans | A plant described on the basis of fossil spores. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez & Balarino | A spore taxon; a replacement name for Endosporites parvus Menéndez (1965). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Middle Jurassic | Prisayanskaya Formation | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell, Millay & Stockey | A member of Marattiales. Genus includes new species E. christensenioides. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bucur et al. | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Feldberg et al. | Bitterfeld amber | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov, Ignatov & Perkovsky | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Katagiri | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A liverwort. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tian et al. | A fern belonging to the family Gleicheniaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Uhl & Poschmann | A species of Groenlandia. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cheng & Yang | Cretaceous | Songliao Basin | A tree fern. Genus includes new species H. keshanensis. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Regalado et al. | A eupolypod fern. Genus includes new species H. burmensis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez & Balarino | A spore taxon. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Ignatov & Váňa in Winterscheid et al. | Late Oligocene | A member of Hypnales of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Hypnum lycopodioides Weber in Wessel & Weber. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Granier | A green alga belonging to the group Bryopsidales. Genus includes new species J. bipennatus. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A rhyniophyte. Genus includes new species J. gengi. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Galtier et al. | A pteridophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Prestianni | A lycopsid. Genus includes new species K. alveoformis. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. Genus includes new species K. plaatkopensis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Arai & Dias-Brito | An acritarch, probably a prasinophyte. | |||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez & Balarino | A spore taxon; a replacement name for Leiotriletes tenuis Azcuy (1975). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs, Schäfer-Verwimp, Renner & Lee in Kaasalainen et al. | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gerrienne et al. | A member of Lycopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species L. chaloneri. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A species of Marsilea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zavialova & Batten | A member of Marsileaceae described on the basis of megaspores. | |||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales. Genus includes new species M. linearifolia and M. attenuatifolia. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Senowbari-Daryan | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a member of the family Triploporellaceae. Genus includes new species N. rhaetica, as well as "Probolocupsis" sarmeikensis Senowbari-Daryan (2014). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Xie et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Oleandra. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A member of Lycophytina; a new genus for "Zosterophyllum" sichuanensis Geng (1992). | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček & Winterscheid in Winterscheid et al. | Late Oligocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Coturel et al. | A fern belonging to the family Osmundaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Devonian | An early euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species P. yixingense. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A rhyniophyte. Genus includes new species P. gracilis. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck | A prasinophyte. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Renner, Schäfer-Verwimp & Heinrichs in Kaasalainen et al. | A species of Radula | |||||
| Ge. et sp. nov | Valid | Vera & Césari | A cyathealean tree fern. Genus includes new species R. nishidai. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A spore taxon with affinities with the Lycopodiales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez & Balarino | A spore taxon. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Echinostachyales and the family Echinostachyaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova, Kostina & Nosova | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A zosterophyll. Genus includes new species S. uskielloides. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Devonian | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Rashidi & Schlagintweit | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jia & Song | Late Permian | A member of Gymnocodiaceae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perez Loinaze & Llorens | A spore taxon with affinities with the Bryophyta sensu lato. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Xiaonan, Fengxiang & Yeming | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu, Fu & Wang | Middle Devonian | A Colpodexylon-like lycopsid. Genus includes new species T. fui. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Savoretti et al. | A moss belonging to the family Grimmiaceae. Genus includes new species T. crassiphylla. | |||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. Genus includes new species V. moltenensis and V. gypsensis. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Anderson | A member of Equisetopsida belonging to the group Equisetales and the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Edwards & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group |
General research
[edit]- A study attempting to establish a timescale of early land plant evolution is published by Morris et al. (2018).[192][193][194]
- Assemblage of putative Ordovician (Hirnantian) land plants is described from the Zbrza locality in the southern Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Poland) by Salamon et al. (2018).[195]
- A study on the structure and variation of areolation patterns in leaves of Paleozoic protosphagnalean mosses is published by Ivanov, Maslova & Ignatov (2018).[196]
- A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous mosses Meantoinea alophosioides and Eopolytrichum antiquum within Polytrichaceae is published by Bippus, Escapa & Tomescu (2018).[197]
- Meristems of rooting axes belonging to Asteroxylon mackiei are described from the Rhynie chert (United Kingdom) by Hetherington & Dolan (2018).[198]
- A study re-examining the evidence on the speed of growth and life cycle of the tree-like lycophytes from the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) coal swamps, and in particular addressing an earlier study by Boyce & DiMichele (2016),[199] is published by Thomas & Cleal (2018).[200][201]
- A study on the impact of increased ultraviolet irradation (caused by volcanism-induced ozone shield deterioration) on plants during the Permian–Triassic extinction event is published by Benca, Duijnstee & Looy (2018).[202]
- A study on the composition of the Late Triassic flora of the American Southwest, based on palynological data from the Chinle Formation, and indicative of a floral turnover occurring in the middle Norian, is published by Baranyi et al. (2018).[203]
- A study on the Middle Jurassic flora from Yorkshire (United Kingdom) as indicated by pollen and spores, and on the possible dinosaur-plant interactions in the area is published by Slater et al. (2018).[204]
- Occurrence of the characean genus Tolypella is reported from the Lower Cretaceous of the Garraf Massif (Catalonia, Spain) by Ma