This article records new taxa of plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Annularia sardiniana[1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cleal et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | San Giorgio Basin | A member of Equisetopsida. | ||
Annularia stopesiae[2] | Sp. nov | Valid | Álvarez-Vázquez & Wagner | Carboniferous (Westphalian) | An Annularia species. | |||
Arthropitys barthelii[3] | Sp. nov | Valid | Neregato et al. | Permian | Parnaíba Basin | A member of Calamitaceae. | ||
Arthropitys tocantinensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Neregato et al. | Permian | Parnaíba Basin | A member of Calamitaceae. | ||
Asplenium sanshuiense[4] | Sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Jin in Xu et al. | Early Eocene | Huachong Formation | A fern, a species of Asplenium. | ||
Azolla colhuehuapensis[5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vallati et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lago Colhué Huapi Formation | A member of Salviniales, a species of Azolla. | ||
Boweria nowarudensis[6] | Sp. nov | Valid | Frojdová et al. | Carboniferous (early Moscovian) | A leptosporangiate fern belonging to the group Filicales. | |||
Claytosmunda chengii[7] | Nom. nov | Valid | Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin | Middle Jurassic | A member of the family Osmundaceae; a replacement name for Ashicaulis claytoniites Cheng (2011). | |||
Osmundastrum pulchellum | Comb. nov. | Valid | Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) | Djupadal Formation | A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum. | ||
Costatoperforosporites friisiae[8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mendes et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) | Lusitanian Basin | A member of Anemiaceae described on the basis of spores. | ||
Cystodium sorbifolioides[9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Regalado et al. | Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A fern belonging to the family Cystodiaceae. | ||
Goniophlebium macrosorum[10] | Sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Zhou in Xu et al. | Miocene | A fern belonging to the family Polypodiaceae. | |||
Hymenophyllum iwatsukii[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous | A filmy fern, a species of Hymenophyllum. | |||
Kidstoniopteris | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Frojdová et al. | Carboniferous (early Moscovian) | A leptosporangiate fern belonging to the group Filicales; a new genus for "Boweria" minor Kidston (1923). | |||
Korallipteris alineae[12] | Sp. nov | Valid | Conran et al. | Early Miocene | A fern. | |||
Lygodium goonyellum[13] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds et al. | Oligocene–early Miocene | A species of Lygodium. | |||
Rhabdoxylon taiyuanense[14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ma, Wang & Sun | Early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A fern belonging to the family Botryopteridaceae. | ||
Salvinia bogotensis[15] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-Consuegra et al. | Paleogene | A species of Salvinia. | |||
Salvinia magdalenensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-Consuegra et al. | Paleogene | A species of Salvinia. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Conocephalumites[16] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Guo in Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A liverwort belonging to the family Conocephalaceae. Genus includes new species C. hexagonites. | ||
Frullania pinnata[17] | Sp. nov | Disputed | Heinrichs et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A liverwort, a species of Frullania. Li et al. (2021) considered it to be conspecific with Frullania baerlocheri.[18] | ||
Frullania rovnoi[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A liverwort, a species of Frullania. | ||
Lejeunea hamatiloba[20] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lee et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea. | ||
Lejeunea resinata | Sp. nov | Valid | Lee et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea. | ||
Lejeunea urbanioides | Sp. nov | Valid | Lee et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea. | ||
Metzgerites multifidus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu in Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A liverwort belonging to the family Metzgeriaceae. | ||
Pallaviciniites stricta | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Guo in Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A liverwort belonging to the family Pallaviciniaceae. | ||
Pellites | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Guo in Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A liverwort belonging to the family Pelliaceae. Genus includes new species P. latithallus. | ||
Protofrullania[21] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A liverwort belonging to the family Frullaniaceae. Genus includes new species P. cornigera. | ||
Radula cretacea[22] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bechteler, Renner, Schäfer-Verwimp & Heinrichs in Bechteler et al. | Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Radula liverwort | ||
Riccardiothallus palmata | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Guo in Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cymastrobus[23] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Evreïnoff et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Mandowa Mudstone | A member of Lycopsida belonging to the group Isoetales. Genus includes new species C. irvingii. | ||
Lepidodendron vaselgense[24] | Sp. nov | Valid | Anikeeva & Orlova in Orlova et al. | Late Carboniferous | ||||
Lepidostrobus tevelevii | Sp. nov | Valid | Orlova, Mamontov & Anikeeva in Orlova et al. | Late Carboniferous | ||||
Nothostigma[25] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Doweld | Carboniferous and Permian | A lycophyte. The type species is "Bothrodendron" pacificum Steinmann. | |||
Sengelia[26] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matsunaga & Tomescu | Early Devonian | Beartooth Butte Formation | A lycophyte. Genus includes new species S. radicans. | ||
Sublepidodendron nelidovense[27] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Ignatiev | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Moscow Coal Basin | A lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae. | ||
Sublepidodendron puchkoviorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Ignatiev | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Moscow Coal Basin | A lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae. | ||
Tenellisporites antarcticus[28] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cantrill in Cantrill, Ashworth & Lewis | Early Miocene | Antarctica | A lycopod belonging to the group Isoetales described on the basis of megaspores. | ||
Ulodendron ulianovii | Sp. nov | Valid | Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Ignatiev | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Moscow Coal Basin | A lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Baiera triassica[29] [30] | Nom. nov | Valid | Gnaedinger & Zavattieri | Late Triassic | Paso Flores Formation | A replacement name for Baiera taeniata Geinitz (1876) (preoccupied). | ||
Ginkgo hamiensis[31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Middle Jurassic | Xishanyao Formation | A species of Ginkgo. | ||
Ginkgo neimengensis[32] | Sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Early Cretaceous | Huolinhe Formation | A species of Ginkgo. | ||
Nagrenia leviana[33] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova | Middle Jurassic | Angren Formation | A member of Ginkgoales. | ||
Nagrenia pilosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova | Middle Jurassic | Angren Formation | A member of Ginkgoales. | ||
Pseudotorellia crista[34] | Sp. nov | Valid | Horiuchi & Uemura | Paleocene | Minato Formation | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | ||
Pseudotorellia kimurae | Sp. nov | Valid | Horiuchi & Uemura | Paleocene | Minato Formation | A member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves. | ||
Sphenobaiera eximia[35] | Sp. nov | Valid | Na, Sun & Wang in Na et al. | Middle Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Eobowenia[36] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Coiro & Pott | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation | A cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae and the subfamily Bowenioideae; a new genus for "Almargemia" incrassata Archangelsky (1966). | ||
Oxfordiana[37] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spencer & Hilton in Spencer et al. | Jurassic (latest Callovian to earliest Oxfordian) | Oxford Clay Formation | A cycad. Genus includes new species O. motturii. | ||
Zamuneria[38] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez et al. | Late Cretaceous | Mata Amarilla Formation | A cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae. Genus includes new species Z. amyla. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cathaya vanderburghii[39] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gossmann ex Winterscheid & Gossmann | Pliocene | A species of Cathaya. | |||
Cupressinocladus guyangensis[40] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jin & B.N. Sun in Jin et al. | Early Cretaceous | Guyang Formation | A member of Cupressaceae sensu lato. | ||
Cupressinoxylon artabeae[41] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ruiz et al. | Paleocene (Danian) | Salamanca Formation | A member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Cupressinoxylon rotundum[42] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pujana in Pujana, Raffi & Olivero | Late Cretaceous | Santa Marta Formation | Antarctica (James Ross Island) | ||
Elatocladus heerianus[43] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Nosova, Kiritchkova & Kostina | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian) | Prisayan Formation | A conifer. | ||
Krassilovidendron[44] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sokolova, Gordenko & Zavialova | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | A member of Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species K. fecundum. | |||
Medulloprotaxodioxylon[45] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wan et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Huangshanjie Formation | A conifer described on the basis of fossil wood, possibly an ancestral form of the Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species M. triassicum. | ||
Pararaucaria taquetrensis[46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa & Leslie | Early Jurassic | A member of Cheirolepidiaceae. | |||
Pentakonos[47] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | A member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species P. diminutus. | |||
Pinus arunachalensis[48] | Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Khan & Bera | Miocene | Dafla Formation | A pine. The name P. arunachalensis turned out to be preoccupied by Pinus arunachalensis Srivastava (2017); Khan & Bera (2018) coined a replacement name Pinus daflaensis.[49] | ||
Pinus nanfengensis[50] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Late Miocene | Xianfeng Basin | A pine. | ||
Pinus uniseriata | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Late Miocene | Xianfeng Basin | A pine. | ||
Pityostrobus pluriresinosa[51] | Sp. nov | Valid | Smith et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Pinaceae, a species of Pityostrobus. | |||
Platycladus tengchongensis[52] | Sp. nov | Valid | Deng & Sun in Deng et al. | Late Pliocene | Mangbang Formation | A species of Platycladus. | ||
Podocarpoxylon multiparenchymatosum[53] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pujana & Ruiz | Paleocene (Danian)-Eocene | Río Turbio Formation Salamanca Formation | A member of the family Podocarpaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Podocarpoxylon prumnopityoides[54] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gnaedinger et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | Mulichinco Formation | A member of the family Podocarpaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Podozamites doludenkoae[55] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova, van Konijnenburg-van Cittert & Kiritchkova | Early and Middle Jurassic (Toarcian-Bajocian) | Karadiirmen' Formation Kokala Formation | A conifer belonging to the family Podozamitaceae, described on the basis of leaves. | ||
Podozamites irkutensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova, van Konijnenburg-van Cittert & Kiritchkova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian) | Prisayan Formation | A conifer belonging to the family Podozamitaceae, described on the basis of leaves. | ||
Retrophyllum spiralifolium[56] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wilf in Wilf et al. | Eocene | La Huitrera Formation | A species of Retrophyllum. | ||
Retrophyllum superstes | Sp. nov | Valid | Wilf in Wilf et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lefipán Formation | A species of Retrophyllum. | ||
Scarburgia baiyanghensis[57] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Middle Jurassic | Xishanyao Formation | Possibly a member of Podocarpaceae. | ||
Storgaardia gansuensis[58] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Wu in Li et al. | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian) | Yan'an Formation | A member of Coniferales, a species of Storgaardia. | ||
Stutzeliastrobus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Cretaceous (Aptian-Cenomanian) | A member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species S. foliatus, as well as "Cyparissidium" bohemicum Bayer (1914).[59] | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Adiantites tevelevii[60] | Sp. nov | Valid | Orlova, Pustovoit & Anikeeva | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A seed fern. | |||
Allicospermum papillosum[61] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Hvalj | Middle Jurassic | A gymnosperm seed, possibly of ginkgoalean affinity. | |||
Allicospermum uzbekistanicum | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Hvalj | Middle Jurassic | A gymnosperm seed. | |||
Allicospermum valentinae | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Hvalj | Middle Jurassic | A gymnosperm seed, possibly of ginkgoalean affinity. | |||
Caytonanthus rewaensis[62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Prakash & Das | Early Cretaceous | Bansa Formation | A seed fern belonging to the family Caytoniaceae. | ||
Dicroidium bandelii[63] | Sp. nov | Valid | Abu Hamad et al. | Permian | Umm Irna Formation | A seed fern. Originally described as a species of Dicroidium, but subsequently transferred to the genus Jordaniopteris.[64] | ||
Ductoagathoxylon[65] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wan et al. | Permian (Wuchiapingian) | Wutonggou Formation | A conifer described on the basis of fossilized wood. Genus includes new species D. jimsarensis. | ||
Ephedra canterata[66] | Sp. nov | Valid | Puebla et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | La Cantera Formation | A species of Ephedra. | ||
Gigantopteridium utebaturianum[67] | Sp. nov | Valid | Koll, DiMichele & Manchester | Permian | Waggoner Ranch Formation | A gigantopterid. | ||
Hydropterangium roesleri[68] | Sp. nov | Valid | Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Pollen organ of a plant of uncertain affinities. Originally described as a species of Hydropterangium; Shi et al. (2024) transferred it to the genus Harrisiothecium.[69] | |||
Kizelopteris[70] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Kizel Coal Basin | A seed fern belonging to the family Callistophytaceae. Genus includes new species K. flexuosa . | ||
Liaoningia[71] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang & Lin in Yang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Gnetophyta showing intermediate morphology between the Ephedraceae, Gnetaceae and Welwitschiaceae. Genus includes new species L. decussata. | ||
Nilssonia gristhorpensis[72] | Sp. nov | Valid | Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Cloughton Formation | |||
Nubilora[73] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wang | Late Triassic (Norian or Rhaetian) | Ganhaizi Formation | A possible relative of the flowering plants. Genus includes new species N. triassica. | ||
Partitisporites krassilovii | Sp. nov | Valid | Schrank | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A gymnosperm described on the basis of fossil pollen. | |||
Patokaea[74] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pacyna, Barbacka & Zdebska in Pacyna et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Grabowa Formation | A member of Voltziales belonging to the new family Patokaeaceae. Genus includes new species P. silesiaca. | ||
Protognetum[75] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang, Xie & Ferguson | Middle Jurassic | A member of Gnetales. Genus includes new species P. jurassicum. | |||
Scytophyllum karamayense[76] | Sp. nov | Valid | He et al. | Late Triassic | Karamay Formation | A peltaspermalean seed fern. | ||
Sphenarion angustae[77] | Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Sphenarion. | ||
Tatarina? furcata[78] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov in Gomankov, Kiuntzel & Meyen | Late Permian | A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. | |||
Tatarina raristomata | Sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov in Gomankov, Kiuntzel & Meyen | Late Permian | A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. | |||
Turpanopitys[79] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Early Triassic | Turpan Basin | A member of Coniferophyta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species T. taoshuyuanense. | ||
Umaltolepis mongoliensis[80] | Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | Tevshiin Govi Formation | A member of Vladimariales (a group of seed plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement). | ||
Yangquanoxylon[81] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wan et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)-early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A gymnosperm described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species Y. miscellum. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Ahnetia[82] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Decombeix & Galtier | Carboniferous (late Tournaisian) | Genus includes new species A. conradii | |||
Baragwanathia brevifolia[83] | Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Kraft & Kvaček | Late Silurian | Požáry Formation | An aquatic precursor of dry land lycophytes. The name is preoccupied by Baragwanathia brevifolia Hundt (1952); Kraft & Kvaček (2021) coined a replacement name Baragwanathia brevifolioides.[84] | ||
Barattoloporellopsis[85] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Granier, Azerêdo & Ramalho | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | A green alga, probably a primitive member of the family Dasycladaceae; a new genus for "Cylindroporella" lusitanica Ramalho (1970). | |||
Dorsalistachya[86] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Spencer in Wang et al. | Permian (Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian) | Xuanwei Formation | A member of Noeggerathiales. Genus includes new species D. quadrisegmentorum | ||
Douaphyton[87] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | Hujiersite Formation | An early euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species D. levigata | ||
Draconisella mortoni[88] | Sp. nov | Valid | Granier in Granier & Lethiers | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian or Barremian) | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Triploporellaceae. | |||
Enigmodiscus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Meyen in Gomankov, Kiuntzel & Meyen | Late Permian | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of rounded or slightly elongated discs bearing a system of dark strokes. Genus includes new species E. multistriatus. | |||
Grododowon[89] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strother in Strother et al. | Ordovician | Kanosh Shale | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. Genus includes new species G. orthogonalis. | ||
Hastipellis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Meyen in Gomankov, Kiuntzel & Meyen | Late Permian | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a bryophyte, described on the basis of oval or egg-shaped sheets formed by two systems of cells. Genus includes new species H. dvinensis. | |||
Ilfeldia gregoriensis[90] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pšenička et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | Douro Carboniferous Basin | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; may be affiliated with ferns or pteridosperms. | ||
Lamprothamnium? barcinencis[91] | Sp. nov | Valid | De Sosa Tomas, Vallati & Martín-Closas | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) | Cerro Barcino Formation | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. | ||
Meantoinea[92] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bippus et al. | Early Cretaceous | A moss belonging to the family Polytrichaceae. Genus includes new species M. alophosioides. | |||
Ovulepteris | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pšenička et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; may be affiliated with ferns or pteridosperms. A new genus for "Ilfeldia" robusta Obrhel (1957) and "Ilfeldia" lobecensis Obrhel (1965). | |||
Scenedesmus texanus[93] | Sp. nov | Valid | Benson, Miller & Wood | Late Jurassic | Bossier Formation | A green alga, a species of Scenedesmus | ||
Selliporella cornutuformis[94] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sokač & Grgasović | Middle Jurassic | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. | |||
Teruelia[95] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cascales-Miñana & Gerrienne | Devonian (Lochkovian–Pragian) | Nogueras Formation | An early polysporangiophyte. Genus includes new species T. diezii | ||
Triploporella ? edgelli[96] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maksoud, Granier & Azar | Early Cretaceous (latest Barremian–earliest Aptian) | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. | |||
Volkhoviella[97] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Middle Ordovician | A putative land plant, possibly a member of Rhyniales. Genus includes new species V. primitiva. | |||
Wiartonella[98] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | LoDuca & Tetreault | Silurian | Eramosa Lagerstätte | An alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. Genus includes new species W. nodifera. | ||
Xinicaulis[99] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Devonian (Frasnian) | Zhumulate Formation | A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species X. lignescens. | ||
Yuhania[100] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Wang | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Jiulongshan Formation | Originally described as an early angiosperm; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon.[101] Genus includes new species Y. daohugouensis. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Acer ningmingensis[102] | Sp. nov | Valid | Chen & Wong in Chen et al. | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A maple. | ||
Aceroxylon pravalense[103] | Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei | Miocene | A member of the subfamily Hippocastanoideae within the family Sapindaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Aceroxylon zarandense | Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei | Miocene | A member of the subfamily Hippocastanoideae within the family Sapindaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Aglaia siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Aglaia. | |||
Akanioxylon[104] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brea et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Santa Cruz Formation | A member of Akaniaceae. Genus includes new species A. santacrucensis. | ||
Albizia ningmingensis[105] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ma et al. | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A species of Albizia. | ||
Aleurites australis[106] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds et al. | Cenozoic | A species of Aleurites. | |||
Allopanax[107] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of Araliales; a replacement name for Araliophyllum MacGinitie (1969). | ||
Anacardium incahausi | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Anacardium. | ||
Andiroxylon aegyptiacum[108] | Sp. nov | Valid | El-Saadawi et al. | Oligocene | A member of Fabaceae. | |||
Andiroxylon barghoornii[109] | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A Fabaceae wood morphospecies. | |||
Annona miocenica[110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Annona. | |||
Aralia asiatica[111] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia rugosa Dorofeev. | |||
Aralia borealis | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia tertiaria Dorofeev. | |||
Aralia wetteravica | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia dubia (Ettingshausen, 1868). | |||
Aralia mammuthica | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia dubia Nikitin (1976). | |||
Aralia tobolica | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia lucida Dorofeev (1963). | |||
Arceuthobium conwentzii[112] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sadowski et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A species of Arceuthobium. | |
Arceuthobium groehnii | Sp. nov | Valid | Sadowski et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A species of Arceuthobium. | |
Arceuthobium obovatum | Sp. nov | Valid | Sadowski et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A species of Arceuthobium. | |
Archaestella[113] [114] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Takahashi, Herendeen & Xiao | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | Futaba Group | Possibly a relative of Trochodendraceae. Genus includes new species A. verticillata. | ||
Atalantia siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Atalantia. | |||
Avicennia sexiensis[115] | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Avicennia. | ||
Baccaurea miocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Baccaurea. | |||
Balanites siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Balanites. | |||
Bastardiopsis palaeodensiflora[116] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos, Brea & Kröhling | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | A species of Bastardiopsis. | ||
Bauhinia purniyagiriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Bauhinia. | |||
Beilschmiedia oleifera | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A species of Lauraceae | |||
Betula erkovetskiensis[117] | Sp. nov | Valid | Blokhina & Bondarenko | Miocene | Sazanka Formation | A birch. | ||
Boreopanax | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Doweld | Early Cretaceous | A member of Araliales; a new genus for "Araliaecarpum" kolymense Samylina (1960). | |||
Bosquesoxylon[118] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-Lara, Castañeda-Posadas & Estrada-Ruiz | Eocene | El Bosque Formation | A member of Anacardiaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species B. chiapiasense. | ||
Brassaiopsis kolakovskyana | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | Abkhazia | A species of Brassaiopsis; a replacement name for Aralia angustiloba Kolakovsky. | ||
Bridelia hanumanchattiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Bridelia. | |||
Burseroxylon panamense | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A Sapindales wood morphospecies | |||
Caldesia europaea[119] | Sp. nov | Valid | Hably in Hably & Meller | Miocene | A species of Caldesia. | |||
Calophyllum siwalikum[120] | Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Neogene | A species of Calophyllum. | |||
Cariniana valverdei | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Cariniana. | ||
Carpolites drupifera[121] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A fossil fruit of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
Carpolites lubstovensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A fossil fruit of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
Cascolaurus[122] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Lauraceae. Genus includes new species C. burmitis. | ||
Cathiaria japonica | Sp. nov | Valid | Takahashi, Herendeen & Xiao | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | Futaba Group | Possibly a member of Buxaceae sensu lato. | ||
Ceratopetalum edgardoromeroi[123] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gandolfo & Hermsen | Eocene (Ypresian) | Laguna del Hunco Formation | A species of Ceratopetalum. | ||
Chadronoxylon sakhalinensis[124] | Sp. nov | Valid | Afonin | Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) | A dicotyledon described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Chaneya ningmingensis[125] | Sp. nov | Valid | Liufu, Chen & Wang | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A fossil fruit. | ||
Choerospondias nanningensis[126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fu et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | A species of Choerospondias. | ||
Chrysophyllum bhairauvensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Chrysophyllum. | |||
Cinnamomum camphoricarpum[127] | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | A species of Cinnamomum. | |||
Cinnamomum camphoricum | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A species of Cinnamomum; a replacement name for Cinnamomum gracile (Geyler, 1877). | |||
Cinnamomum costulatum | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene | A species of Cinnamomum described on the basis of fossil fruits; a replacement name for Cinnamomum apiculatum Saporta (1889). | |||
Cinnamomum fajumicum | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene (Bartonian) | A species of Cinnamomum; a replacement name for Cinnamomum africanum Engelhardt (1907). | |||
Cladium zhenyuanensis[128] | Sp. nov | Valid | Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. | Miocene | A species of Cladium. | |||
Clausena miocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Clausena. | |||
Cnestis purniyagiriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Cnestis. | |||
Combretum purniyagiriense | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Combretum. | |||
Connaroxylon[129] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baas et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)-earliest Paleocene | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | A probable member of Connaraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species C. dimorphum. Originally named in 2017 in a publication which did not fulfill all requirements of the International Code of Nomenclature of Algae, Fungi and Plants; subsequently validated in 2022.[130] | ||
Cordia asenjoi | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Cordia. | ||
Cordia eocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Cordia. | ||
Cordia florifera | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Cordia. | ||
Cretacaeiporites aegyptiaca[131] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ibrahim et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Bahariya Formation | |||
Cyclocarya simipaliurus[132] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Late Miocene | Nanlin Formation | A species of Cyclocarya. | ||
Cynometra grandis | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Cynometra. | ||
Dalbergia santa-rosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Dalbergia. | ||
Dalbergia tanakpurensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Dalbergia. | |||
Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Dendrokingstonia. | |||
Derris mioscandens | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Derris. | |||
Dicotylophyllum subpeltatum[133] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček & Bubík | Oligocene | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of leaf impressions. | |||
Diospyros communis[134] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Tertiary | A species of Diospyros; a replacement name for Diospyros dubia Göppert (1854). | |||
Dipterocarpus miogracilis[135] | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Middle Miocene | Siwalik Formation | A species of Dipterocarpus. | ||
Discoflorus[136] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene-Miocene | Dominican amber | A member of Apocynaceae belonging to the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Genus includes new species D. neotropicus. | ||
Drimycarpus siwalicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Drimycarpus. | |||
Duguetiaxylon[137] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Soares et al. | Miocene | Novo Remanso Formation | A member of the family Annonaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species D. amazonicum. | ||
Enkianthus maii | Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A species of Enkianthus. | |||
Euphorbioxylon crotonoides | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A Euphorbiaceae wood morphospecies | |||
Exbucklandia acutifolia[138] | Sp. nov | Valid | Huang & Zhou in Huang et al. | Miocene | A species of Exbucklandia. | |||
Fallopia conwentzii[139] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A species of Fallopia; a replacement name for Polygonum convolvuloides Conwentz. | |||
Fallopia palaeodonica | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Fallopia. | |||
Ficus koek-noormaniae | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A wood morphospecies Ficus | |||
Foveomonocolpites ravnii[140] | Sp. nov | Valid | Schrank | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil pollen. | |||
Frangula priabonica[141] | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene (Priabonian) | Headon Hill Formation | A species of Frangula. | ||
Gomphandra palaeocoriacea | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Gomphandra. | |||
Gossweilerodendroxylon[142] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ramos, Brea & Kröhling | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | A member of Detarioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species G. palmariensis. | ||
Grewia tanakpurensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Middle Miocene | Siwalik Formation | A species of Grewia. | ||
Humboldtia miocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Humboldtia. | |||
Hura chancayensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Hura. | ||
Hydrochariphyllum kvacekii | Sp. nov | Valid | Hably in Hably & Meller | Miocene | A member of the family Hydrocharitaceae. | |||
Icacinanthium[143] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Del Rio & De Franceschi in Del Rio, Haevermans & De Franceschi | Eocene (Ypresian) | A member of the family Icacinaceae. Genus includes new species I. tainiaphorum. | |||
Ilex miodipyrena[144] | Sp. nov | Valid | Denk et al. | Miocene (early Burdigalian) | Güvem Formation | A holly. | ||
Ixora purniyagiriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Ixora. | |||
Jenkinsella conferta[145] | Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Alekseev | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) | Sym Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. | ||
Jenkinsella filatovii | Comb. nov | Valid | (Samylina) Golovneva & Alekseev | Cretaceous Albian | Omsukchan Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. First named Kenella filatovii (1976) Moved from Nyssidium filatovii (2010) | ||
Jenkinsella gardnerii | Comb. nov | Valid | (Chandler) Golovneva & Alekseev | Paleocene | Wuyun Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. Moved from Carpolithes gardnerii (1961) includes some Nyssidium arcticum of Crane (1984) | ||
Jenkinsella jiayinensis | Comb. nov | Valid | (Feng et al.) Golovneva & Alekseev | Paleocene | Wuyun Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. Moved from Nyssidium jiayinense (2000) | ||
Jenkinsella knowltonii | Nom. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Alekseev | Paleocene | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. A replacement name for Berrya racemosa (1930) | |||
Jenkinsella krassilovii | Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Alekseev | Paleocene | Darmakan Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. | ||
Jenkinsella makulbekovii | Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Alekseev | Paleocene | Naran-Bulak Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. | ||
Jenkinsella vilyuensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Alekseev | Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) | Timmerdyakh Formation | A Cercidiphyllaceae infructescence morphospecies. | ||
Kenilanthus[146] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Pedersen & Crane | Early Cretaceous (early-middle Albian) | Patapsco Formation | A flowering plant belonging to an early-diverging eudicot lineage. The type species is Kenilanthus marylandensis. | ||
Kalmiocarpus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A member of Ericaceae. Genus includes new species K. dorofeevi. | |||
Kownasia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A member of Cyperaceae. Genus includes new species K. lubstovensis. | |||
Kunduriphyllum[147] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kodrul & Maslova | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Kundur Formation | A member of the family Platanaceae; a new genus for "Celastrinites" kundurensis Golovneva, Sun & Bugdaeva (2008). | ||
Lagerstroemia prakashii | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Lagerstroemia. | |||
Lagerstroemioxylon thanobolensis[148] | Sp. nov | Valid | Soomro et al. | Miocene | Manchar Formation | A member of the family Lythraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Laurinoxylon elongatum | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A Lauraceae wwod morphospecies | |||
Lecythioxylon enviraense[149] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kloster, Gnaedinger & Adami-Rodrigues | Miocene | Solimões Formation | A member of the family Lecythidaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Leguminocarpon siwalicum | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Middle Miocene | Siwalik Formation | A member of Fabaceae. | ||
Lepisanthes miocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Lepisanthes. | |||
Lepisanthes tanakpurensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Lepisanthes. | |||
Leucotrys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A member of Ericaceae. Genus includes new species L. europea. | |||
Lyonia polonica | Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A species of Lyonia. | |||
Macaranga zhangpuensis[150] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Miocene | Fotan Group | A species of Macaranga. | ||
Machilus miovillosus | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Middle Miocene | Siwalik Formation | A species of Machilus. | ||
Mahonia ningmingensis[151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Hu & Chen in Hu et al. | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A species of Mahonia. | ||
Maiella[152] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski & Fagúndez | Miocene | A member of the family Ericaceae belonging to the tribe Ericeae. Genus includes new species M. miocaenica. | |||
Mallotus prejaponicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Mallotus. | |||
Mammea paramericana[153] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nelson & Jud | Early Miocene | A species of Mammea. | |||
Mastixia asiatica[154] | Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Bera in Khan et al. | Miocene–Pleistocene | A species of Mastixia. | |||
Mastixia siwalika | Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Bera in Khan et al. | Miocene–Pleistocene | A species of Mastixia. | |||
Medinilla siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Medinilla. | |||
Meiogyne purniyagiriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Meiogyne. | |||
Metrosideros dawsonii[155] | Sp. nov | Valid | Tarran et al. | Oligo-Miocene | A species of Metrosideros. | |||
Metrosideros wrightii | Sp. nov | Valid | Tarran et al. | Oligo-Miocene | A species of Metrosideros. | |||
Millettia mioinermis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Millettia. | |||
Millettioxylon sindhiensis[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Soomro et al. | Miocene | Manchar Formation | A member of Fabaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Mycophoris[157] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene to Miocene | Dominican amber | Originally described as a member of Orchidaceae, but this interpretation was challenged by Selosse et al. (2017).[158] Genus includes new species M. elongatus. | ||
Myristica siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Myristica. | |||
Notiantha[159] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | Paleocene (early Danian) | Lower Salamanca Formation | A member of the family Rhamnaceae. Genus includes new species N. grandensis. | ||
Nothodichocarpum[160] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han, Liu & Wang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Yixian Formation | An early flowering plant. Genus includes new species N. lingyuanensis. | ||
Notonuphar[161] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Eocene | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A water lily. Genus includes new species N. antarctica. | |
Palaquium palaeograndis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Palaquium. | |||
Panascleroticoxylon[162] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rodriguez-Reyes et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian to Tortonian) | Alajuela Formation Cucaracha Formation | A member of Malpighiales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species P. crystallosa. | ||
Paracomptonia[163] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Doweld | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) to Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of Myricaceae; a new genus for "Dryandra" cretacea Velenovský (1883). Genus also includes "Dryandra" yakovlevii Palibin (1930) and "Aspleniopteris" schrankii Sternberg (1825). | |||
Paraoxystigma | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ramos, Brea & Kröhling | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | A member of Detarioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species P. concordiensis. | ||
Paraphyllanthoxylon botarii | Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei | Miocene | A member of the family Phyllanthaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Paraphyllanthoxylon vancouverense[164] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | Comox Formation | An angiosperm tree described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Parashorea mioplicata | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Parashorea. | |||
Passifloroidesperma[165] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez | Late Eocene | Esmeraldas Formation | A member of the family Passifloraceae. Genus includes new species P. sogamosense. | ||
Peltophoroxylon diversiradii[166] | Sp. nov | Valid | Allen | Early Eocene | Bridger Formation | A member of Caesalpinioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||
Persicaria omoloica | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Persicaria. | |||
Persoonieaephyllum blackburniae[167] | Sp. nov | Valid | Carpenter, Tarran & Hill | Middle Eocene | A member of the family Proteaceae belonging to the subfamily Persoonioideae. | |||
Phyllanthocarpon[168] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mistri, Kapgate & Sheikh ex Kapgate & Manchester in Kapgate, Manchester & Stuppy | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Dhuma Formation | A member of Phyllanthaceae described on the basis of fossil fruit. Genus includes new species P. singpurensis. | ||
Physalis infinemundi[169] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wilf et al. | Eocene | A species of Physalis. | |||
Piranheoxylon perfectum | Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei | Miocene | A member of the family Picrodendraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Platanus serrata | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | Raton Formation | A species of Platanus; a replacement name for Aralia serrata Knowlton (1917). | ||
Polygonum palaeosibiricum | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene | A species of Polygonum; a replacement name for Polygonum reticulatum Dorofeev. | |||
Popowia siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Popowia. | |||
Populus simonioides[170] | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A species of Populus. | |||
Prioria canalensis[171] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez-Reyes et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Cucaracha Formation | A species of Prioria. | ||
Prioria elbaiae | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Prioria. | ||
Prioria hodgesii | Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez-Reyes et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Cucaracha Formation | A species of Prioria. | ||
Pseudowinterapollis africanensis[172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Grímsson et al. | Early Miocene | Elandsfontyn Formation | A member of Winteraceae described on the basis of fossil pollen. | ||
Pterolobium punctatopsis[173] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jia et al. | Middle Miocene | Maguan Basin | A species of Pterolobium. | ||
Pyrus wischneideri[174] | Sp. nov | Valid | Striegler | Late Miocene | A pear. | |||
Quercus wischgrundensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Striegler | Late Miocene | An oak. | |||
Randia tanakpurensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Randia. | |||
Rhizopalmoxylon nypoides[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kathal et al. | Late Cretaceous–Paleocene (late Maastrichtian–early Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | A member of the family Arecaceae. | ||
Rhododendron polonicum | Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski | Middle Miocene | A species of Rhododendron. | |||
Rosa miopannonica | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A rose; a replacement name for Rosa styriaca Kovar-Eder & Krainer (1988). | |||
Rourea blatta[176] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jud & Nelson | Early Miocene | Cucaracha Formation | A member of the family Connaraceae. | ||
Rubus chandlerae[177] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | Headon Hill Formation | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus acutiformis Chandler (1925). | ||
Rubus fotjanovae | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus alnifolius Fotjanova (1988). | |||
Rubus laticarpus | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus brevis Nikitin (2007). | |||
Rubus mammuthicus | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus decipiens Nikitin (1976). | |||
Rubus nikitinii | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus pygmaeus Nikitin (2007). | |||
Rubus novorossicus | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus aralioides Negru (1986). | |||
Rubus tobolicus | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus minor Nikitin (2007). | |||
Sabalites geneseensis[178] | Sp. nov | Valid | Greenwood & West | Early Paleocene | Scollard Formation | A palm tree belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae. | ||
Sabalites guangxiensis[179] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A palm tree. | ||
Sapindus eotrifoliatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Sapindus. | |||
Saportanthus[180] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian) | Almargem Formation Figueira da Foz Formation | A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. dolichostemon, S. brachystemon and S. parvus. | ||
Sapotaceoxylon | gen. et sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | A Sapotaceae wood morphospecies, type species S. penningtonii | |||
Sarcochlamys miopulcherrima | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Sarcochlamys. | |||
Saururus aquilae[181] | Sp. nov | Valid | Grímsson, Grimm & Zetter | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Eagle Formation | A species of Saururus. | ||
Saururus stoobensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Grímsson, Grimm & Zetter | Miocene | A species of Saururus. | |||
Schima kwangsiensis[182] | Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Quan & Jin in Shi et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | A species of Schima. | ||
Securidaca precorymbosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Securidaca. | |||
Sheltercarpa[183] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Spray Formation | A member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. vancouverensis. | ||
Smilax tengchongensis[184] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Late Pliocene | A species of Smilax. | |||
Succinanthera[185] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Rasmussen | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of Orchidaceae. Genus includes new species S. baltica. | |
Suciacarpa xiangae | Sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Spray Formation | |||
Suessenia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | Paleocene (early Danian) | Lower Salamanca Formation | A member of the family Rhamnaceae. Genus includes new species S. grandensis. | ||
Symplocoxylon panamense | sp. nov. | Jud in Jud & Dunham | Oligocene-Miocene | Santiago Formation | An Ericales wood morphospecies | |||
Tabernaemontana moralesii | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodcock, Meyer & Prado | Eocene | Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest | A species of Tabernaemontana. | ||
Terminalia bhairauvensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Terminalia. | |||
Toddalia purniyagiriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Rutaceae. | |||
Trochodendroides magadanica[186] | Nom. nov | Valid | Golovneva in Golovneva et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||
Trochodendroides montana | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev in Golovneva et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||
Trochodendroides samyliniae | Nom. nov | Valid | Alekseev in Golovneva et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |||
Tropidogyne pentaptera[187] | Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A probable member of Cunoniaceae. | ||
Typha asiatica[188] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene | A species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds; a replacement name for Typha elongata Dorofeev (1982). | |||
Typha latissimisperma | Sp. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Bembridge Marls | A species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds previously attributed to the species Typha latissima. | ||
Typha transdnestrovica | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Serravallian) | Transnistria | A species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds; a replacement name for Typha elliptica Negru (1972). | ||
Ventilago miocalyculata | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Ventilago. | |||
Wagatea miospicata | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Fabaceae. | |||
Xanthophyllum mioglaucum | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Miocene | A species of Xanthophyllum. | |||
Xylia siwalika | Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | Middle Miocene | Siwalik Formation | A species of Xylia. | ||
Zelkova ningmingensis[189] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ma et al. | Oligocene | Ningming Formation | A species of Zelkova. | ||
Zlivifructus[190] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Heřmanová, Dašková & Kvaček in Heřmanová et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian) | Aachen Formation Klikov Formation Walbeck Formation | A member of the Normapolles complex described on the basis of fossil flowers and fruits. Genus includes new species Z. vachae and Z. sklenarii. | ||