• Description of fossils of filamentous
green algae from the Early
Devonian Rhynie chert (
Scotland) is published by Wellman, Graham & Lewis (2019). •
Cretaceous alga Falsolikanella campanensis, originally assigned to the tribe
Diploporeae within the green alga order
Dasycladales, is transferred to the genus
Actinoporella within the tribe
Acetabularieae, family
Polyphysaceae by Barattolo
et al. (2019). • A study on the impact of the
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on European
charophytes is published by Vicente, Csiki-Sava & Martín-Closas (2019). • The oldest known
trilete spore assemblages reported so far are described from the
Sandbian successions from Motala (central
Sweden) by Rubinstein & Vajda (2019). • A study on the composition and distribution of dispersed spore assemblages from Middle
Devonian deposits of northern
Spain, and on their implications for inferring the nature of the
Kačák Event, is published by Askew & Wellman (2019). • A study on the morphology of the spore taxon
Lagenoisporites magnus from the
Carboniferous (
Tournaisian)
Toregua Formation (
Bolivia) is published by Quetglas, Macluf & di Pasquo (2019). • A review of research concerning early evolution of land plants during the
Ordovician is published by Servais
et al. (2019). • A study on carbon isotope data from stratigraphic sections at Germany Valley (
West Virginia) and Union Furnace (
Pennsylvania) in the Central Appalachian Basin, evaluating its implications for the knowledge of change in atmospheric oxygen levels during the late Ordovician and its possible relationship with early diversification of land plants, is published by Adiatma
et al. (2019). • A study on the stable carbon isotopic composition of 190 fossil specimens belonging to 12 genera of Devonian and Early Carboniferous land plants is published by Wan
et al. (2019). • A study on the early evolution of
vascular plants is published by Cascales-Miñana
et al. (2019). • A study on the evolution of early vascular plants is published by Crepet & Niklas (2019). • A study on the fine-scale structure and the chemistry of the
tracheids of the earliest known woody plant
Armoricaphyton chateaupannense is published by Strullu-Derrien
et al. (2019). • A study on diversity and functions of
lycopsid reproductive structures through time, based on data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Bonacorsi & Leslie (2019). • Redescription of the
morphology of sterile and fertile structures of the
Devonian lycopsid
Kossoviella timanica is published by Orlova
et al. (2019). • A study on the
ultrastructure of the spore wall in the
Carboniferous lycopsid
Oxroadia gracilis is published by Taylor (2019). • A slab containing rooting systems which probably belonged to
rhizomorphic lycopsids is reported from the Lower
Permian Abo Formation (
New Mexico,
United States) by Hetherington
et al. (2019). • A study on the anatomy and affinities of
Cheirostrobus pettycurensis is published by Neregato & Hilton (2019), who report the discovery of spores conforming to the species
Retusotriletes incohatus associated with fossils of
Cheirostrobus, representing the first discovery of
Retusotriletes-type spores reported
in situ within
sphenophytes. • A study on the anatomy and affinities of silicified stems of
Sphenophyllum from the
Tournaisian deposits in the Montagne Noire region of
France and in the Saalfeld area in
Germany is published by Terreaux de Felice, Decombeix & Galtier (2019). • Fossils assigned to the genus
Equisetum are reported from a new fossil plant assemblage of late Eocene or early Oligocene age from central
Queensland (
Australia) by Rozefelds
et al. (2019), representing the first evidence of this genus from the
Cenozoic of Australia and the most recent fossil record of this genus from Australia. • A study on the evolutionary history of horsetails, based on genetic data and fossil record, is published by Clark, Puttick & Donoghue (2019), who report evidence indicative of two successive
whole-genome duplication events occurring during the
Carboniferous and
Triassic rather than in association with the
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. • A study aiming to determine links between volcanic activity in the
Central Atlantic magmatic province, elevated concentrations of
mercury in marine and terrestrial sediments and abnormalities of fossil fern spores across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Scandinavia and northern Germany is published by Lindström
et al. (2019). • A study on the fossil record of fern spores at the
Cretaceous-
Paleogene boundary, on the viability of fern spores, and on their implications for the knowledge of the duration of the
impact winter at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary is published by Berry (2019). • A study on the molecular structural characteristics of organic remains of a fern belonging to the family
Osmundaceae from the
Early Jurassic Korsaröd site in southern
Sweden is published by Qu
et al. (2019). • A study on anatomy and growth of large specimens of the fossil fern species
Weichselia reticulata from the
Barremian La Huérguina Formation (
Spain) is published by Blanco-Moreno
et al. (2019). • A study on the morphological characters of 42 fossil species of
Dicksoniaceae from
China, and on their implications for the taxonomy of the fossil members of this group, is published by Xin
et al. (2019). • Fossil occurrences of members of the genus
Christella are reported from the late
Paleocene of Liuqu, southern
Tibet and middle
Miocene of the Jinggu Basin in western
Yunnan (
China) by Xu
et al. (2019), who transfer the species
"Cyclosorus" nervosus Tao (1988) to the genus
Christella. • A study on the fossils of
Glossopteris from the
Permian succession of eastern
India, aiming to identify the molecular signatures of solvent-extractable and non-extractable organic matter, will be published by Tewari
et al. (2019). • A study on the diversity trends of
Glossopteris flora from the Barakar, Raniganj, and Panchet formations of Tatapani–Ramkola Coalfield (
India) is published by Saxena
et al. (2019). • A study on the architecture of the ovuliferous reproductive organs of Permian glossopterids is published by Mcloughlin & Prevec (2019). • A study on the
pinnule and
stomatal morphology of extant and fossil members of the genera
Bowenia and
Eobowenia, and on its implications for the knowledge of adaptations of fossil plants to different environments, is published by Hill, Hill & Watling (2019). • Seed of the
ginkgoalean Yimaia capituliformis with damage interpreted as likely oviposition lesions inflicted by a
kalligrammatid lacewing is described from the
Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation (
China) by Meng
et al. (2019). • A study on the
phytogeographic history of ten conifer genera that are endemic to East Asia, based on fossil data from humid temperate forests in the
Japanese Islands and
Korean Peninsula, is published by Yabe
et al. (2019). • A study on the evolution of male and female cone sizes in members of the family
Araucariaceae, as indicated by data from extant and fossil members of this family, is published by Gleiser
et al. (2019). • Five fossil foliage specimens of
Calocedrus lantenoisi, representing one of the earliest records of the genus
Calocedrus worldwide, are described from the
Oligocene Shangcun Formation of the Maoming Basin (
Guangdong Province, South China) by Wu
et al. (2019). • Leaves including
cuticles and ovuliferous cones of members of the genus
Metasequoia are described from the middle Miocene of Zhenyuan,
Yunnan (Southwest China) by Wang
et al. (2019), comprising the southernmost fossil record of this genus worldwide. • A review of the fossil record of woods which might have affinities with
Taxaceae, and a study on the
palaeobiogeographical history of this family, is published by Philippe
et al. (2019). • Putative Cretaceous
siliceous sponge Siphonia bovista is reinterpreted as an internal mould of the cone-like plant fossil
Dammarites albens by Niebuhr (2019). • A review of
epidermal features of
bennettites, comparing them with analogous features in living taxa and aiming to identify
homologous character states, is published by Rudall & Bateman (2019). • The first fossil record of a
cycad seedling found in close association with a leaf flush of an adult cycad plant of the same species (
Dioonopsis praespinulosa) is reported from the
Palaeocene (
Danian) Castle Rock flora in the
Denver Basin (
Colorado,
United States) by Erdei
et al. (2019). • A review of the paleobotanical evidence of the age and early history of the flowering plants is published by Coiro, Doyle & Hilton (2019). • A study aiming to establish when the flowering plants originated is published by Li
et al. (2019). • Presence of endothelium (a specialized seed tissue that develops from the inner
epidermis of the inner integument) is reported in several different kinds of flowering plant seeds (including in the lineage leading to extant
Chloranthaceae) from the
Early Cretaceous of eastern North America and
Portugal by Friis, Crane & Pedersen (2019). • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of palm fruit fossils from the Cretaceous–Paleogene (
Maastrichtian–
Danian)
Deccan Intertrappean Beds (
India) is published by Matsunaga
et al. (2019), who interpret these fossils as representing a
crown group member of palm subtribe Hyphaeninae (tribe
Borasseae, subfamily
Coryphoideae) related to extant genera
Satranala and
Bismarckia. • Fossil fruits of members of the genera
Fragaria and
Rubus are reported from the
Pliocene outcrops in the Heqing Basin (
China) by Huang
et al. (2019). • Description of
alder leaf and
infructescence fossils from the Upper
Eocene Lawula Formation (Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau) is published by Xu, Su & Zhou (2019). • A study on the morphology, paleoecology, historical
biogeography and phylogenetic relationships of fossil pollen of members of
Malvaceae belonging to the species
Rhoipites guianensis and
Malvacipolloides maristellae, and on its implications for inferring the impact of
Cenozoic geological processes (including the uplift of the
Andes) on members of Malvaceae living in northern
South America, is published by Hoorn
et al. (2019). • A study aiming to determine the location of
refugia of two North American species of
hickories during the
Last Glacial Maximum on the basis of genomic data is published by Bemmels,
Knowles & Dick (2019). • A study on functional leaf traits of the
Eocene-
Miocene taxa
Rhodomyrtophyllum reticulosum (family
Myrtaceae) and
Platanus neptuni (family
Platanaceae), evaluating whether leaf traits of these taxa reflect environmental conditions including climate, is published by Moraweck
et al. (2019). • A study on the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of
Eocene fruits belonging to the species
Mastixicarpum crassum and
Eomastixia bilocularis is published by Manchester & Collinson (2019). • Seeds of
Eurya stigmosa are reported from the Early Pleistocene
lacustrine and
fluvial sediments of
Porto da Cruz,
Madeira by Góis-Marques
et al. (2019). • A study on the putative
cycad "Zamia" australis from the
Miocene Ñirihuau Formation (
Argentina) is published by Passalia, Caviglia & Vera (2019), who reinterpret the fossil specimens as flowering plant leaves, and transfer this species to the genus
Lithraea. • New method for reconstructing water transport properties of
fossil wood is proposed by Tanrattana
et al. (2019). • Signatures of
Devonian (
Famennian) forests and soils preserved in black shales in the southernmost
Appalachian Basin (
Chattanooga Shale;
Alabama,
United States) are presented by Lu
et al. (2019). • A study on reproductive structures of Devonian plants and on their implications for the knowledge of large-scale patterns of reproductive evolution over the Devonian is published by Bonacorsi & Leslie (2019). • Revision of a fossil plant assemblage from the Carboniferous site in
San Juan Province, Argentina known as Retamito or Río del Agua is published by Correa & Césari (2019). • A study on the stratigraphic ranges and diversities of plant taxa from the upper
Permian (
Lopingian) to the
Middle Triassic is published by Nowak, Schneebeli-Hermann & Kustatscher (2019), who interpret their findings as indicating that the extinction of land plants during the
Permian–Triassic extinction event was much less severe than previously thought. • A study on the timing of the collapse of the Permian
Glossopteris flora from the Sydney Basin (
Australia) is published by Fielding
et al. (2019). • New fossil flora dominated by
cuticles of
Dicroidium is reported from the
Middle Triassic (
Anisian)
Mukheiris Formation (
Jordan) by Abu Hamad
et al. (2019). • A study on changes of land vegetation resulting from the
Toarcian oceanic
anoxic event is published by Slater
et al. (2019). • Plant
disseminules are documented from four
Middle Jurassic to
Lower Cretaceous lacustrine Lagerstätten in
China and
Australia by McLoughlin & Pott (2019). • A study comparing the Jurassic floras of the Ayuquila Basin and the Otlaltepec Basin (
Mexico) and evaluating their implications for the knowledge of the Jurassic environments of these basins is published by Velasco-de León
et al. (2019). • A study on
phototropism in extant trees from Beijing and
Jilin Provinces and fossil tree trunks from the
Jurassic Tiaojishan and
Tuchengzi formations in
Liaoning and Beijing regions (
China), and on its implications for inferring the history of the rotation of the
North China Block, is published by Jiang
et al. (2019). • A study on the link between climatic changes and changes plant distribution in South America during the
Early Cretaceous, as indicated by
palynological data from the
Aptian of the Sergipe Basin (
Brazil), is published by Carvalho
et al. (2019). • A study on the frequency and diversity of damage types caused by insect
oviposition in plants from the
Upper Triassic Yangcaogou Formation,
Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation and
Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (
China), assessing the degree of plant host specificity, is published by Lin
et al. (2019). • A study on the plant specimens (ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms) from the
Lower Cretaceous Araripe Basin (
Brazil) preserving evidence of plant–insect interactions and potentially of paleoecological relationships between plants and insects is published by Edilson Bezerra dos Santos Filho
et al. (2019). • Leaves of members of the family
Nymphaeaceae preserving evidence of insect herbivory are reported from the
Albian Utrillas Formation (
Spain) by Estévez-Gallardo
et al. (2019). • A study on
Cenomanian plants from the Redmond no.1 mine near Schefferville (
Redmond Formation;
Labrador Peninsula,
Canada) and on their implications for the knowledge of paleoclimate of this site is published by Demers-Potvin & Larsson (2019). • A study on the
canopy structure of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene forests in South America, as indicated by the carbon isotope composition of fossil angiosperm leaves from two localities in the Paleocene
Cerrejón Formation and one locality in the
Maastrichtian Guaduas Formation (
Colombia), is published by Graham
et al. (2019). • A quantitative analysis of an earliest
Paleocene megaflora from the Ojo Alamo Sandstone in the
San Juan Basin (
New Mexico,
United States) is published by Flynn & Peppe (2019). • A study on the evolution of plant assemblages in the area of
Primorye (
Russia) throughout the
Paleogene is published by Bondarenko, Blokhina & Utescher (2019). • A study on changes in plant and insect communities across the
Paleocene–
Eocene boundary within the Hanna Basin (
Wyoming,
United States) is published by Azevedo Schmidt
et al. (2019). • A study on
stomata of fossil specimens of members of the family
Lauraceae from the
Eocene of
Australia and
New Zealand, evaluating their implications for reconstructions of Eocene
pCO2 levels, is published by Steinthorsdottir
et al. (2019). • Description of early Eocene leaf fossils from the Dinmore locality (Redbank Plains Formation, Booval Basin; Australia) and a study on the implications of these fossils for reconstructions of paleoclimate is published by Pole (2019). • A study on changes of plant communities from the Herren beds (
Oregon,
United States) during the Eocene and on the implications of plant fossils from this area for the reconstruction of Eocene climate is published by Jijina, Currano & Constenius (2019). • Su
et al. (2019) use radiometrically dated plant fossil assemblages to quantify when southeastern
Tibet achieved its present elevation, and what kind of floras existed there at that time. • Description of a plant megafossil assemblage from the
Kailas Formation in western part of the southern
Lhasa terrane, and a study on its implications for inferring the elevation history of the southern
Tibetan Plateau, is published by Ai
et al. (2019). • A study on the dynamics and evolution of the flora of Turgai ecological type in Western Siberia during the early
Oligocene to earliest
Miocene is published by Popova
et al. (2019). • A study on the paleoclimate, vegetational type and ecological strategies adopted by fossil plants from the Oligocene
Baigang Formation (
China), as indicated by characteristics of fossil leaves from this formation, is published by Li
et al. (2019). • Description of a fossil plant assemblage from the Miocene
Hattiesburg Formation (
Mississippi,
United States) is published by McNair
et al. (2019). • A study on changes of C4 vegetation composition in southwestern
Montana (
United States) from the late Miocene through present is published by Hyland
et al. (2019). • A study aiming to test the hypothesis that fire contributed to the rise of
C3-dominated grasslands in Eurasia, based on data from core retrieved from the late Miocene to Pleistocene sediments from the
Black Sea, is published by Feurdean & Vasiliev (2019). • A study on the origin of the African
C4 savannah grasslands is published by Polissar
et al. (2019). • A study on vegetation changes in west African tropical montane forest over the past 90,000 years, as indicated by pollen data from the Lake Bambili site (
Cameroon), is published by Lézine
et al. (2019). • A study on changes of vegetation in southern
Borneo over the past 40,000
calibrated years BP, as indicated by data from Saleh Cave (
South Kalimantan,
Indonesia), is published by Wurster
et al. (2019). • A study on the role of past climate, extinct
megafauna and
guanaco in shaping the vegetation of the Patagonian steppe is published by Hernández, Ríos & Perotto-Baldivieso (2019). • The discovery of ancient chestnut, hazelnut and flax DNA recovered from
stalagmites from the Solkota cave (
Georgia) is reported by Stahlschmidt
et al. (2019). • The discovery of oldest fossil trees, dating back 386 million years, in the
Catskill region near
Cairo, New York, is published online by Stein
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