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2026 in paleobotany

This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were announced or described during the year 2026, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during the year.

Algae

Phycological research

  • Zhao et al. (2026) link the displacement of green eukaryotic algae by phytoplankton groups whose plastids are derived from rhodophytes as the dominant marine phytoplankton in the early Mesozoic to structural characteristics of red lineage phytoplankton that enhanced their resistance to environmental reactive oxygen species.[1]
  • Evidence of changes of cellular structure of coralline algae from Meghalaya (northeast India) in response to environmental changes during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum, resulting in the studied algae maintaining calcification in spite of high temperatures and acidification of surface waters, is presented by Melbourne, Sarkar & Schmidt (2026).[2]

Lycophytes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Selaginellites huatingensis[3]

Sp. nov

Song & Ding in Song et al.

Middle Jurassic

Yanan Formation

China

A member of Selaginellales.

Ferns and fern allies

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Coniopteris glaesifilix[4]

Sp. nov

Wang, Tao, Zhang, Wang, & Shi in Wang et al.

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Myanmar

Danaeopsis huatingensis[5]

Sp. nov

Sun & Dengin Sun et al.

Middle Triassic

Tongchuan Formation

China

A member of the family Marattiaceae.

Danaeopsis xunyiensis[5]

Sp. nov

Sun & Dengin Sun et al.

Middle Triassic

Tongchuan Formation

China

A member of the family Marattiaceae.

Paradoxopteris huertasii[6]

Sp. nov

Palma-Castro et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Paja Formation

Colombia

Polymorphopteris mei[7]

Sp. nov

Li et al.

Permian

China

Conifers

Cheirolepidiaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Classostrobus amealensis[8]

Sp. nov

Tekleva et al.

Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)

Portugal

Pinaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Tsuga zhuoziensis[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xiao et al.

Miocene

Hannuoba Formation

China

A species of Tsuga. Announced online in 2025; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2026.

Podocarpaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Circoporoxylon bighornense[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Hoff & Gee in Hoff, Gee & Storrs

Late Jurassic

Morrison Formation

United States
( Montana)

Taxaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Torreya albertensis[11]

Sp. nov

Halbwidl, Seyfullah & West

Late Cretaceous

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

Canada
( Alberta)

A species of Torreya.

Conifer research

  • Taxonomic revision of coniferous woods from the Oligocene strata of the Petroșani Basin (Romania) is published by Călin, Popa & Pirnea (2026).[12]

Flowering plants

Monocots

Arecales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Palmoxylon caryoteaeoides[13]

Sp. nov

Kumar et al.

Cretaceous-Paleocene transition

Deccan Intertrappean Beds

India

A fossil palm stem.

Palmoxylon nannorrhopsoides[13]

Sp. nov

Kumar et al.

Cretaceous-Paleocene transition

Deccan Intertrappean Beds

India

A fossil palm stem.

Palmoxylon sabaleaeoides[13]

Sp. nov

Kumar et al.

Cretaceous-Paleocene transition

Deccan Intertrappean Beds

India

A fossil palm stem.

Basal eudicots

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Platanus orientalifolia[14]

Sp. nov

Zhu & Jia in Jia et al.

Eocene

Xiangcheng Formation

China

A species of Platanus.

Superasterids

Ericales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Herendeenia[15]

Gen. et sp. nov

Pigg et al.

Paleocene

Sentinel Butte Formation

United States
( North Dakota)

A member of the family Actinidiaceae. Genus includes new species H. willistonensis.

Solanales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Albionites[16]

Gen. et comb. nov

Deanna & Knapp in Deanna et al.

Eocene

Poole Formation

United Kingdom

A member of the family Solanaceae; a new genus for "Solanum" arnense Chandler (1962).

Hyoscyamosperma[16]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Deanna & Smith in Deanna et al.

Oligocene to Quaternary

Russia

A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is H. daturoides; genus also includes H. undulatus.

Seminuta[16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Deanna & Smith in Deanna et al.

Pliocene to Pleistocene

Italy

A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is S. pliocenica.

Sinuatitesta[16]

Gen. et comb. nov

Deanna & Knapp in Deanna et al.

Oligocene to Pleistocene

Ukraine

A member of the family Solanaceae; a new genus for "Solanum" foveolatum Negru (1986).

Solanotes[16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Deanna & Smith in Deanna et al.

Oligocene to Pleistocene

Russia

A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is S. dorofeevii.

Solanum miocenicum[16]

Sp. nov

Deanna & Smith in Deanna et al.

Oligocene to Pleistocene

Russia

A species of Solanum.

Thanatosperma[16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Deanna & Knapp in Deanna et al.

Pliocene to Holocene

Germany

A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is T. minutum.

Superasterid research

  • Lu et al. (2026) study the fossil material of Nyssa sibirica from the Pliocene strata from the Yuxi Basin (Yunnan, China) and reconstruct the geographic distribution of tupelos throughout their evolutionary history, interpreting the species belonging to this genus as originating in warm and humid environments, with their distribution contracting as a result of climate cooling during the Neogene.[17]

Superrosids

Fabales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Simojoflorum[18]

Gen. et sp. nov

Hernández-Damián et al.

Miocene

La Quinta Formation
(Mexican amber)

Mexico

A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the tribe Mimoseae. The type species is S. mijangosii.

Fagales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Hexagonokaryon[19]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Manchester et al.

Paleocene

United States
( Wyoming)

A member of the family Fagaceae. Genus includes new species H. nixonii. Published online in 2025; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2026.

Malpighiales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Tetrapterys miocenica[20]

Comb. nov

Valid

(Berry)

Miocene

Venezuela

A species of Tetrapterys; moved from Gyrocarpus miocenica Berry (1937).

Malvales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Dryobalanops rajangensis[21]

Sp. nov

Othman et al.

Miocene

Merit-Pila Formation

Malaysia

A species of Dryobalanops.

Myrtales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Syzygium paleosalicifolium[22]

Sp. nov

Sadanand, Bhatia & Srivastava in Sadanand et al.

Miocene

Kasauli Formation

India

A species of Syzygium.

Trapa gokarnansis[23]

Sp. nov

Khatri in Khatri et al.

Pleistocene

  Nepal

A species of Trapa.

Superrosid research

  • Lu et al. (2026) study the affinities of Albizia fossil leaflets from the Miocene strata from the Xiangyang Coal Mine (Yunnan, China), and interpret them as indicative of presence of ancestors of Albizia julibrissin in southwest China during or before the late Miocene.[24]

Other plants

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Bugdaevaea[25]

Gen. et sp. nov

Bickner et al.

Early Cretaceous

Tevshiingovi Formation

Mongolia

A fossil seed attributable to the Bennettitales-Erdtmanithecales-Gnetales group. Genus includes new species B. lignitica.

Dengfengfructus[26]

Gen. et sp. nov

Wang et al.

Permian

Lower Shihezi Formation

China

A fossil plant organ with similarities to flowering plant fruits. The type species is D. maxima.

Dopyeria[27]

Gen. et sp. nov

Gensel

Devonian (Emsian)

Canada
( New Brunswick)

A basal euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species D. elongata.

Gnetopsis villosa[28]

Sp. nov

Li & Xue in Li et al.

Carboniferous

Zhangshuwan Formation

China

A member of Lagenospermopsida of uncertain affinities.

Nosovaea[25]

Gen. et sp. nov

Bickner et al.

Early Cretaceous

A fossil seed attributable to the Bennettitales-Erdtmanithecales-Gnetales group. Genus includes new species N. striata.

Other plant research

  • A study on the morphology of the stem apex of Medullosa stellata, interpreted as indicative of presence of a complex vascular system, as well as indicating that members of Medullosales differed in stem development from the majority of extant seed plants, is presented by Portailler & Luthardt (2026).[29]
  • Jiang et al. (2026) interpret the morphology of corystosperms as consistent with their placement as intermediate between gymnosperms and flowering plants, and study the ecology of members of this group.[30]
  • Xu et al. (2026) revise the cuticle structures of Pterophyllum crassinervum and confirms its taxonomic validity.[31]
  • Nosova & Zavialova (2026) provide new information on the anatomy of seeds of Allicospermum angrenicum from the Middle Jurassic Angren Formation (Uzbekistan), including evidence of preservation of pollen interpreted as suggestive of cycadalean affinities of the studied plant.[32]

Palynology

  • Gutiérrez et al. (2026) study the composition of the first palynological assemblage recovered from the Permian (probably Lopingian) strata of the upper member of the La Golondrina Formation (Argentina), providing evidence of presence of a forest dominated by members of Glossopteridales, with undergrowth including ferns, sphenophytes, lycophytes and bryophytes.[33]
  • Evidence from the study of the palynological record from the Jiyuan Basin in the southern part of the North China Plate, indicative of four distinct phases of terrestrial vegetation transition across the Carnian pluvial episode that were temporally linked with indicators of volcanic activity and were accompanied by climate changes, is presented by Zhang et al. (2026).[34]
  • Rosin et al. (2026) study the composition of the palynological assemblages from the Westbury, Lilstock and Redcar Mudstone formations in the Cheshire Basin (United Kingdom), recording changes of composition of vegetation in response to environmental changes during the latest Triassic and Early Jurassic.[35]
  • Evidence from the study of palynological assemblages from the Upper Jurassic strata from the Binalud Mountains (Iran), indicative of increase in the abundance and diversity of warm-adapted cheirolepid conifers over time in response to a regional warming, is presented by Kalanat (2026).[36]
  • Carvalho et al. (2026) reconstruct the composition of Aptian assemblages of spore-producing plants from the south Atlantic margin and their responses to environmental changes at the time of the opening of the southern Atlantic Ocean on the basis of the study of palynological assemblages from eight Brazilian sedimentary basins.[37]
  • Evidence from the study of spores, pollen and microcharcoal abundances from Paleogene sediments from a hydrothermal vent crater in the North Atlantic Igneous Province on the Norwegian Margin and from other mid- and high latitude continental margins, indicative of rapid vegetation and soil disturbances in response to environmental changes at the onset of the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum resulting in widespread appearance of fern-dominated pioneer vegetation across mid- and high-latitude regions of the world, is presented by Nelissen et al. (2026).[38]
  • Raynaud et al. (2026) reconstruct the composition of the Eocene plant assemblage from the embrithopod-bearing Bultu-Zile site (Meryemdere Formation; Turkey) on the basis of the study of the freshwater-deposited palynoflora from the site, and interpreted as indicative of a swamp-freshwater environment.[39]
  • Evidence from the study of palynological assemblages from the Miocene El Chacay Formation (Argentina) indicative of increase in floral diversity during the early Burdigalian before the onset of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum is presented by Tapia et al. (2026).[40]
  • Pound et al. (2026) study the Miocene (Serravallian) palynoflora from the Kenslow Member of the Brassington Formation (United Kingdom), interpreted as fossil record of plant growing in an area with an oceanic type climate with more rainfall during the summer than the winter (but with no pronounced dry season), and report evidence of impact of seasonal changes of availability of moisture on the composition of the studied Miocene forest.[41]
  • Li et al. (2026) report evidence from the study of the palynological record from the East China Sea continental shelf spanning the past 71,000 years indicative of presence of a cool, dry temperate grassland biome during the lowstand intervals (including the Last Glacial Maximum), as well as evidence of presence of an open-forest landscape during the milder conditions of the Marine Isotope Stage 3, and interpret their findings as supporting the interpretation of the exposed East China Sea continental shelf as a habitat facilitating the initial dispersal of early modern humans into East Asia.[42]
  • Evidence from the study of pollen record from eastern Nanling Mountains, indicative of impact of climate changes (and, since the late Holocene, human activities) on the composition of vegetation in the studied area during the last 46,000 years, as well as of existence of cool and humid refugia in subtropical China during the Last Glacial Maximum, is presented by Quan et al. (2026).[43]

General research

  • Lu et al. (2026) review evidence of impact of successive phases of plant terrestrialization on global coal accumulation.[44]
  • Evidence of widespread presence of diterpenoid-rich surface resins in cuticles of coal-forming plants from the Devonian (Givetian) strata of the Haikou and Hujiersite formations (China) is presented by Song et al. (2026).[45]
  • Meyer-Berthaud, Young & Decombeix (2026) document a new assemblage of Devonian (Frasnian) plants from the Hervey Group (New South Wales, Australia), similar in composition to Frasnian plant assemblages from south China.[46]
  • A study on the affinities of early gymnospermous seeds and their evolutionary history from the late Devonian to the late Permian is published by Bateman, Spencer & Hilton (2026).[47]
  • Negri & Toledo (2026) review evidence of mutualistic relationships between insects and gymnosperms before the emergence of flowering plants.[48]
  • A diverse assemblage of plant cuticles and spores, providing evidence of presence of conifers, members of Peltaspermales and lycophytes, is reported from the Permian (Kungurian) strata from the Gorl locality in the Athesian Volcanic District (Italy) by Delfosse-Allain et al. (2026).[49]
  • Foster et al. (2026) provide estimates of height and mass of giant trees preserved as fossil logs from the Morrison Formation (western United States), and interpret the presence of these trees in western North America during the Late Jurassic as suggestive of long-term climatic cyclicity including both periods of arid conditions and periods of humid ones.[50]
  • A study on the composition of the Cenomanian plant assemblage from the strata of the Utrillas Group from the Algora area (Guadalajara, Spain) is published by Sender, Bueno-Cebollada & Pérez-García (2026).[51]
  • Greenwood & Conran (2026) review the fossil record of Cenozoic plants from the Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, Woomera and northern deserts region of South Australia.[52]

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