List of years in paleobotany |
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Fossil plant research presented in 2025 includes new taxa that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in 2025.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Zavattieri & Gutiérrez | A zygnematacean green alga. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Liu et al. | A member of the family Charophyceae. Genus includes new species T. miraclensis. | |||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | LoDuca | ||||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Zhu et al. | A member of the family Dunaliellaceae. The type species is A. junggarensis. | |||||||
Sp. nov | LoDuca | Silurian (Telychian) | Schoolcraft Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit, Xu & Zhang | A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barattolo et al. | A member of Dasycladales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barattolo et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Dasycladales. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Vinn in Vinn et al. | A red alga belonging to the family Corallinaceae. The type species is A. tinnae. | |||||||
Sp. nov | Brenckle & Sheng | A red alga. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Brenckle & Sheng | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | Kinkaid Limestone | A red alga. The type species is V. multigena. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Li in Tan et al. | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | A member of the family Calymperaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Li in Tan et al. | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | A member of the family Calymperaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Li in Tan et al. | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | A member of Dicranales sensu lato. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Frahm) | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A moss belonging to the family Sematophyllaceae; moved from Hypnites lanceolatus Frahm (2004). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wolski | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A moss belonging to the family Sematophyllaceae. | |||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Caspary & Klebs) | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A moss belonging to the family Sematophyllaceae; moved from Dicranites subflagellare Caspary & Klebs (1907). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valois et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A moss belonging to the family Tricostaceae. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Flores & Cariglino | A liverwort belonging to the group Marchantiales. Genus includes new species C. kurtzii. | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov, Feldberg, Schäfer-Verwimp & Gradstein in Feldberg et al. | A liverwort, a species of Frullania . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Paulsen et al. | Eocene | A liverwort belonging to the group Jungermanniales. The type species is H. pentadactylum. | ||||||
Comb. nov | (Barale & Ouaja) | Moved from Hepaticites elegans Barale & Ouaja (2002). | |||||||
Sp. nov | Song, Ye & Wang | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | A liverwort, a species of Radula . | |||||
Sp. nov | Paulsen et al. | Eocene | Anglesea amber | A liverwort, a species of Radula. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Feldberg, Gradstein, Schäfer-Verwimp & Mamontov in Feldberg et al. | Miocene | Mexican amber | A liverwort belonging to the group Porellales and the family Lejeuneeae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Carniere, Pozzebon-Silva, Guerra-Sommer, Uhl, Jasper & Spiekermann in Carniere et al. | A member of Lycopodiales; a new genus for "Lycopodites" riograndensis Salvi et al. (2008). | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | López-García, Schmidt & Regalado in López-García et al. | A species of Selaginella . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gensel et al. | Devonian (Emsian) | A zosterophyll. Genus includes new species S. semiglobosa. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Sp. nov | Huang & Xue in Huang et al. | ||||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Rößler et al. | Permian | A calamitalean. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Sp. nov | Hiller, Cheng & Bomfleur | Late Triassic | A member of the family Osmundaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Li & Tian in Li et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of the family Dicksoniaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Jin et al. | Early Cretaceous | A species of Equisetum . | ||||||
Sp. nov | D'Antonio et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A sphenophyll cone. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Iglesias et al. | Paleocene | Cross Valley-Wiman Formation | Antarctica | A member of the family Dryopteridaceae belonging to the subfamily Dryopteridoideae. Genus includes new species I. antarcticus. | |||
Sp. nov | Li in Li & Meng | A member of the family Dennstaedtiaceae. | |||||||
Sp. nov | Koppelhus et al. | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | A member of the family Osmundaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Ali & Khan in Ali et al. | Paleocene–Eocene | Subathu Formation | A species of Salvinia . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Pfeiler, Matsunaga & Atkinson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček, Mendes & Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert | Early Cretaceous | Figueira da Foz Formation | Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Pfeiler, Ortiz & Tomescu in Pfeiler et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian/Aptian) | Woody seed cone of a member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species A. walkeri. | ||||||
Comb. nov | (Tan & Zhu) | Early Cretaceous | Guyang Formation | Moved from Elatides araucarioides Tan & Zhu (1982) | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Zhu & Wang in Zhu et al. | Miocene | Sigri Pyroclastic Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Yin et al. | Early Cretaceous | Huolinhe Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Song & Wu in Song et al. | A pine. | |||||||
Sp. nov | Yao & Su in Yao et al. | Mangkang Basin | A pine. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Akkemik & Mantzouka | Miocene | A member of the family Pinaceae. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Patel, Cantrill & Leslie in Patel et al. | Miocene | The type species is D. neocaledonica. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Conceição et al. | ||||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Song & Wu in Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | A species of Ephedra . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Bhatia & Srivastava | Oligocene | A species of Cryptocarya . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik & Üner | Late Oligocene–Early Miocene | İstanbul Formation | Fossil wood of a member of the family Lauraceae. | ||||
Comb. nov | (Petriella) | Paleocene | Cerro Bororó Formation | Moved from Bridelioxylon americanum Petriella (1972). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Pujana et al. | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | Fossil wood of a member of the family Lauraceae. Genus includes new species L. oliveroi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kunzmann et al. | Eocene | A species of Magnolia . Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Engelhardt) | Miocene | A species of Magnolia ; moved from Livistona geinitzii Engelhardt (1870). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Yamada | Miocene | Morozaki Group | Seagrass with probable affinities with Cymodoceaceae. Genus includes new species M. aichiensis. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Dusén) | Paleocene | Cross Valley-Wiman Formation | Antarctica | A species of Potamogeton . | |||
Sp. nov | Yamada | Miocene | Morozaki Group | Seagrass with probable affinities with Hydrocharitaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Panti in Panti et al. | Miocene | Seagrass belonging to the family Hydrocharitaceae. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Kumar & Khan in Kumar, Spicer & Khan | Fossil wood of a member of the family Arecaceae belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Trachycarpeae. | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kumar & Khan in Kumar, Spicer & Khan | Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | Root mat of a member of the family Arecaceae belonging to the subfamily Arecoideae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Iglesias et al. | Paleocene | Cross Valley-Wiman Formation | Antarctica | A species of Ripogonum . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Bhatia & Srivastava in Bhatia et al. | Pleistocene | A species of Chimonobambusa . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Bhatia & Srivastava in Bhatia et al. | Miocene | A bamboo. The type species is V. neyvelinensis. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Kumar, Manchester & Khan | A member of the family Menispermaceae. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Carpenter & McLoughlin | Paleogene | A member of the family Proteaceae. The type species is P. araucoensis. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Manchester | Paleocene | A species of Tetracentron . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Pan et al. | Miocene | A species of Astropanax . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wilf | Eocene (Ypresian) | Leaf fossils of a member of the family Araliaceae. The type species is C. canessae. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wilf | Eocene (Ypresian) | Huitrera Formation | Infructescence of a member of the family Araliaceae. The type species is D. christophae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Tiffney et al. | Paleocene | A fossil fruits with closest similarity to fruits of members of the family Ericaceae. Genus includes new species S. scottii. | ||||||
Sp. nov | (Ludwig) | Miocene | Sapindus lignitum Unger (1860) | A species of Sideroxylon ; moved from Trapa globosa Ludwig (1860). | |||||
Comb. nov | (Ludwig) | Miocene | A species of Sideroxylon; moved from Taxus margaritifera Ludwig (1860). | ||||||
Sp. nov | Martinetto et al. | Miocene and Pliocene | A species of Sideroxylon. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Alvarado-Cárdenas et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Apocynaceae. The type species is M. endressiorum. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Hung, Huang & Li in Hung et al. | Miocene | A species of Miquelia . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Wu et al. | Paleocene | Sanshui Basin | A species of Bauhinia sensu lato. | |||||
Sp. nov | Zhao, Wang & Huang in Zhao et al. | A species of Peltophorum . | |||||||
Sp. nov | Cao & Xie in Cao et al. | Miocene | A species of Pueraria . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Çelik | Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Myricaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Huang & Jia in Huang et al. | Eocene | A species of Ostrya . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Huang & Jia in Tang et al. | Miocene | A species of Calophyllum . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Siegert, Gandolfo & Wilf | Eocene | A species of Tetrapterys . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Ali, Patel & Khan in Ali et al. | Eocene | A species of Thryallis . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Gentis et al. | Paleogene | A member of the family Moraceae. Genus includes A. ficoides | ||||||
Sp. nov | Gentis et al. | Paleogene | A member of the family Moraceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wheeler, Manchester & Baas | Eocene | A species of Prunus . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Xiao & Wang in Dong et al. | Miocene | Hannuoba Formation | A maple. | |||||
Sp. nov | Gentis et al. | Paleogene | |||||||
Sp. nov | Bhatia & Srivastava | Oligocene | Tikak Parbat Formation | A species of Nothopegia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Bhatia & Srivastava | Oligocene | Tikak Parbat Formation | A species of Nothopegia. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Gregor) | Miocene | A species of Zanthoxylum ; moved from Toddalia maii Gregor (1975). | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Reid) | Miocene | A species of Zanthoxylum; moved from Martya naviculaeformis Reid (1923). | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Czeczott & Skirgiełło) | Miocene | A species of Zanthoxylum; moved from Sapoticarpum turovense Czeczott & Skirgiełło (1975). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Zolina, Golovneva & Grabovskiy | Late Cretaceous–Paleocene (Maastrichtian–Danian) | Tanyurer Formation | A flowering plant with similarities to members of the genus Menispermum . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Puebla & Prámparo | Early Cretaceous | An early flowering plant, possibly with affinities with Ranunculales. The type species is S. meridionalis. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Villalva & Gnaedinger | Triassic | Cañadón Largo Formation | A microsporangiate cone of a member of Peltaspermales. Genus includes new species B. scytoconnexus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | Jurassic | Fossil wood of a corystosperm. The type species is F. sinense. | |||||
Sp. nov | Frolov, Enushchenko & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic | A member of Ginkgoales belonging to the family Karkeniaceae. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Šimůnek & Haldovský | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | A member of Callistophytales. The type species is N. scandens. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Correia & Góis-Marques | A progymnosperm belonging to the group Noeggerathiales. | |||||||
Nom. nov | Philippe et al. | A replacement name for Araucarioxylon australe Crié. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hunt et al. | Permian | A plant of uncertain affinities. The type species is Q. yamiae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Zhang et al. | Permian (Wuchiapingian) | |||||||
Sp. nov | Prado, Marques-de-Souza & Iannuzzi | Carboniferous–Permian (Gzhelian–Asselian) | Itararé Group | A gymnosperm seed of uncertain affinities. | |||||
Sp. nov | Wang & Wan in Wang et al. | A cordaitalean. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | An ovule of a seed plant of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species S. octa. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | DiMichele et al. | Permian | Abo Formation | A tracheophyte of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species S. cancellarei. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Gastaldo | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A probable pteridosperm. Genus includes new species S. milowensis. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Foraponova | Permian | Dispersed cuticles with similarities to probable conifer cuticles from the Permian of Jordan assigned to the genus Cryptokerpia . Genus includes new species T. gomankovii. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wang, Lei & Fu | Permian (Asselian) | Lower Shihhotse Formation | A plant of uncertain affinities, with similarities to the flowering plants. The type species is Y. juvenilis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Li et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Wutong Formation | A seed plant belonging to the group Lagenospermopsida and to the family Elkinsiaceae. The type species is Z. biloba. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Peyrot et al. | Triassic | |||||||
Sp. nov | Peyrot et al. | Triassic | Babulu Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Peyrot et al. | Triassic | Babulu Formation | ||||||
Nom. nov | DeBenedetti et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Sparganiaceaepollenites annulatus Thakre et al. 2024 (junior homonym of S. annulatus De Benedetti, 2023). | Fossil pollen; a replacement name for Sparganiaceaepollenites reticulatus Samant et al. (2022). | |||||
Nom. nov | DeBenedetti et al. | Miocene | Fossil pollen; a replacement name for Sparganiaceaepollenites microreticulatus Grabowska & Ważyńska (2009). | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Strother et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Zygospores of a member of the family Zygnemataceae. The type species is S. divericata. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Zhan et al. | Triassic | A lycopsid megaspore. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Strother et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Sarah Formation | Zygospores of a member of the genus Zygnema . | |||||