# 2022 in paleobotany

This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2022, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2022.

## Algae
### Charophytes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes |
| Lamprothamnium elongatum | Sp. nov | In press | Feist & Floquet | Late Cretaceous | Spain | A charophyte. |
| Lamprothamnium ovoideum | Sp. nov | In press | Feist & Floquet | Late Cretaceous | Spain | A charophyte. |
| Pseudoharrisichara sedanoensis | Sp. nov | In press | Feist & Floquet | Late Cretaceous | Spain | A charophyte. |

#### Charophyte research

* A study on the Paleocene charophyte flora from the South Gobi area in the Junggar Basin (China) and on the Paleogene fossil record of charophytes is published by Cao et al. (2022), who interpret their findings as evidence of the dispersal of charophyte lineages from Asia to Europe in the middle to late Eocene, possibly facilitated by waterbirds.

### Chlorophytes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Ardeiporella | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Grgasović | Middle Triassic | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. Genus includes "Oligoporella" karrerioidea Pia (1935). |
| Earltonella | Gen. et sp. nov | | LoDuca in LoDuca et al. | Silurian (Llandovery) | Earlton Formation | Canada ( Ontario) | A green alga belonging to the group Bryopsidales. Genus includes new species E. fredricksi. |
| Milanovicella? canadillana | Sp. nov | In press | Torromé & Schlagintweit | Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) | | Spain | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |
| Neophysoporella | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Grgasović | Late Triassic, possibly also Middle Triassic | | France | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. Genus includes "Diplopora" lotharingica Benecke (1898), "Physoporella" jomdaensis Flügel & Mu (1982) and "Physoporella" zamparelliae Parente & Climaco (1999). |
| Protocodium | Gen. et sp. nov | | Chai, Aria & Hua | Ediacaran | Dengying Formation | China | A green alga belonging to the family Codiaceae. Genus includes new species P. sinense. |
| Succodium luciae | Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard & Krainer | Permian-Triassic transition | | Italy | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |

## Lycopodiopsida

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Lepacyclotes ordosensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Deng in Deng et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Tongchuan Formation | China | A member of the family Isoetaceae. |
| Lycopodicaulis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Aptian) | Huolinhe Formation | China | A member of the family Lycopodiaceae. Genus includes new species L. oellgaardii. |
| Multapicifolium | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards, Li & Berry | Early Devonian | | China | A member of Protolepidodendrales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. sinense. |
| Nothostigma sepeensis | Sp. nov | | Spiekermann, Jasper, Guerra-Sommer & Uhl in Spiekermann et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | | Brazil | A member of Lycopodiopsida of uncertain affinities. |
| Omprelostrobus | Gen. et sp. nov | | Liu et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Wutong Formation | China | A member of Isoetales of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species O. gigas. |
| Pleuromeia obovata | Sp. nov | | Deng in Deng et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Tongchuan Formation | China | A lycopsid. |
| Porongodendron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prestianni et al. | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | | Argentina | An isoetalean lycopsid. Genus includes new species P. minitensis. |
| Selaginella alata | Sp. nov | | Li & Wang in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A species of Selaginella. |
| Selaginella cretacea | Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A species of Selaginella. |

### Lycopsid research

* Description of new fossil material of Guangdedendron micrum, providing new information on the morphology of this plant, is published by Gao et al. (2022).
* Xu, Liu & Wang (2022) describe new fossil material of Sublepidodendron grabaui from the Devonian (Famennian) Wutong Formation (China), providing new information on the morphology of the female reproductive organs of this plant.

## Marchantiophyta

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Radula patrickmuelleri | Sp. nov | Valid | Feldberg, Schäfer-Verwimp & Renner in Feldberg et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A liverwort, a species of Radula. |
| Radula tanaiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Feldberg, Schäfer-Verwimp & Renner in Feldberg et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A liverwort, a species of Radula. |
| Ricciopsis asturicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Lastres Formation | Spain | A liverwort belonging to the family Ricciaceae. |
| Ricciopsis cortaderitaensis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Savoretti et al. | Middle Triassic | | Argentina | A liverwort. |
| Ricciellites | Sp. nov | Valid | Savoretti et al. | Middle Triassic | | Argentina | A liverwort. Genus includes new species R. unsaltoensis. |

### Marchantiophyta research

* New specimens of Radula heinrichsii, providing new information on the morphology of this liverwort, are described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber by Wang et al. (2022).

## Ferns and fern allies

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Acrostichopteris alcainensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Skog & Sender | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Escucha Formation | Spain | A member of the family Hymenophyllaceae. |
| Coniopteris antarctica | Sp. nov | In press | Trevisan et al. | Late Cretaceous | | Antarctica | |
| Diodonopteris virgulata | Sp. nov | In press | Zhou et al. | Early Permian | | China | A botryopteid fern. |
| Discosoropteris | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Pšenička et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Kladno Formation | Czech Republic | A leptosporangiate fern. Genus includes new species D. chlupatum and D. zlatkokvacekii. |
| Dryopterites beishanensis | Sp. nov | In press | Ren & Sun in Ren et al. | Early Cretaceous | Chijinbao Formation | China | A fern Announced online in 2022 officially published in 2023 |
| Gleichenia nagalingumiae | Sp. nov | | Cantrill et al. | Miocene | | Australia | A species of Gleichenia. |
| Hymenophyllites angustus | Sp. nov | | Li & Wang in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Hymenophyllaceae. Originally described as a species of Hymenophyllites, but subsequently moved to the genus Trichomanes sensu lato by Li et al. (2023). |
| Hymenophyllites kachinensis | Sp. nov | | Li & Wang in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Hymenophyllaceae. |
| Hymenophyllites setosus | Sp. nov | | Li & Wang in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Hymenophyllaceae. |
| Microlepia burmasia | Sp. nov | Valid | Long, Wang & Shi in Long et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A fern of uncertain affinities. Originally described as a dennstaedtiaceous fern belonging to the genus Microlepia, but this classification was contested by Zhang (2024). Published online in 2022, but the issue date of the article naming it is listed as March 2023. |
| Mikasapteris | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nishida et al. | Late Cretaceous | Yezo Group | Japan | A probable stem polypod leptosporangiate fern. Genus includes new species M. rothwellii. |
| Paralophosoria | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Morales-Toledo, Mendoza-Ruiz & Cevallos-Ferriz | Middle Jurassic | Otlaltepec Formation | Mexico | A member of the family Dicksoniaceae. Genus includes new species P. jurassica. |
| Phyllotheca douroensis | Sp. nov | | Barbosa et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | Douro Carboniferous Basin | Portugal | A member of Equisetales. |
| Scolecopteris zhoui | Sp. nov | In press | Zhang et al. | Early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | China | A member of Marattiales belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. |
| Wolfeniana | Nom. nov | Valid | Deshmukh | Devonian | Hampshire Group | United States ( West Virginia) | A member of Stauropteridales; a replacement name for Gillespiea Erwin & Rothwell (1989). |

### Fern and fern ally research

* Pecopteris lativenosa is interpreted as a member of the late Paleozoic marattialean family Psaroniaceae by Li et al. (2022).

## Gnetales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Bassitheca | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | United States Utah | A gnetale. Genus includes the species B. hoodiorum. | |
| Dichoephedra | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Ren et al. | Early Cretaceous | Chijinbao Formation | China | A member of the family Ephedraceae. Genus includes new species D. beishanensis. | |

## Bennettitales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Dictyozamites barnardi | Sp. nov | Valid | Saadatnejad | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Kalariz Formation | Iran | A member of Bennettitales. |
| Dictyozamites fakhri | Sp. nov | Valid | Saadatnejad | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Kalariz Formation | Iran | A member of Bennettitales. |
| Kimuriella | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pott & Takimoto | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Tochikubo Formation | Japan | A member of Bennettitales. Genus includes new species K. densifolia. |
| Zamites pateri | Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Peruc–Korycany Formation | Czech Republic | |

## Ginkgophytes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location |
| Glossophyllum lanceolatum | Sp. nov | | Sun & Deng in Sun et al. | Late Triassic | | China |
| Glossophyllum panii | Sp. nov | | Sun & Deng in Sun et al. | Late Triassic | | China |
| Pseudotorellia baganuriana | Sp. nov | In press | Nosova & Kostina | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | Khuren Dukh Formation | Mongolia |
| Pseudotorellia zhoui | Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | Middle-Late Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | China |
| Umaltolepis zhoui | Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | Middle-Late Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | China |

### Ginkgophyte research

* Revision of Ginkgo abaniensis, based on data from leaves from the Jurassic Mura Formation (Russia), is published by Frolov & Mashchuk (2022), who emend the diagnosis of this species, and transfer Ginkgo abaniensis, Ginkgo glinkiensis and Ginkgo capillata to the genus Ginkgoites.

## Conifers
### Araucariaceae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Agathoxylon argentinum | Sp. nov | Valid | Bodnar et al. | Late Triassic | Ischigualasto Formation | Argentina | | |

### Cheirolepidiaceae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Brachyoxylon yanqingense | Sp. nov | | Cheng et al. | Late Jurassic | Tuchengzi Formation | China | A probable member of the family Cheirolepidiaceae. |
| Frenelopsis antunesii | Sp. nov | In press | Mendes & Kvaček | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | Figueira da Foz Formation | Portugal | A member of the family Cheirolepidiaceae. |
| Pseudofrenelopsis zlatkoi | Sp. nov | | Kvaček & Mendes | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Figueira da Foz Formation | Portugal | |

### Cupressaceae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Cupressinanthus klebsii | Sp. nov | Valid | Sadowski, Schmidt & Kunzmann | Eocene | | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | Cupressaceous pollen cone. | |
| Patagotaxodia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andruchow-Colombo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lefipán Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species P. lefipanensis. | |

### Pinaceae

| Name | Novelty | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Keteleerioxylon changchunense | Sp. nov | Shi, Sun, Meng & Yu in Shi et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Yingcheng Formation | China | A Keteleeria-like wood morphogenus. |
| Nothotsuga mulaensis | Sp. nov | Li & Dong in Dong et al. | Miocene | Changtai Formation | China | A species of Nothotsuga. |
| Pinus prehwangshanensis | Sp. nov | Bazhenova, Wu & Jin in Bazhenova et al. | Late Pleistocene | Maoming Basin | China | A pine. |
| Pinus shengxianica | Sp. nov | Li, Hu & Xiao in Li et al. | Miocene | Shengxian Formation | China | A pine. |

### Podocarpaceae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum | Sp. nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A podocarpaceous wood morphospecies Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Podocarpoxylon resinosum | Sp. nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A podocarpaceous wood morphospecies Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Podocarpus mexicanoxylon | Sp. nov | | Castañeda-Posadas | Miocene | | Mexico | A species of Podocarpus. |

### Sciadopityaceae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Zhangoxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Jiang et al. | Middle to Late Jurassic (Callovian to Kimmeridgian) | | China | A member of the family Sciadopityaceae. Genus includes new species Z. yanliaoense. | |

### Voltziales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Hexicladia | Gen. et sp. nov | Announced | Wang et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | Shanxi Formation | China | A voltzialean conifer. The type species is H. yongchangensis. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 | |

### Other conifers

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Aciphyllum | Gen. et sp. nov | | Barbacka & Górecki in Barbacka et al. | Early Jurassic (Hettangian) | Zagaje Formation | Poland | A needle leaf similar to the leaves of Pinus. Genus includes new species A. triangulatum. |
| Ductoagathoxylon tsaaganensis | Sp. nov | In press | Cai, Zhang & Feng in Cai et al. | Late Permian | | Mongolia | |
| Sidashia | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Forte, Kustatscher & Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert in Forte et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | | Italy | Genus includes new species S. tridentata. |
| Ullrichia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kerp et al. | Permian | | Germany | The type species is "Lebachia" laxifolia (1939); genus also includes "L." intermedia (1939) and "L." mucronata (1939). |

### Conifer research

* Bodnar et al. (2022) reassess the anatomy and systematics of the permineralized conifer-like woods from the Triassic strata from Argentina, confirm the assignment of the logs related to the families Cupressaceae and Cheirolepidiaceae, as well as three taxa related to Araucariaceae (Agathoxylon cozzoi, Agathoxylon protoaraucana and Agathoxylon argentinum), and argue that the fossil woods previously assigned to the families Podocarpaceae and Taxaceae do not have enough preserved characters to support such assignment.
* A study on the pattern of conifer turnover across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in the Raton and Denver basins (Colorado, United States) is published by Berry (2022).
* Mantzouka, Akkemik & Güngör (2022) describe fossil woods of Cupressinoxylon matromnense from the middle Miocene Eşelek volcanic deposits (Gökçeada, Turkey), preserved with feeding damage produced by members of the agromyzid genus Protophytobia, and supporting the existence of an eastern Mediterranean Miocene Climatic Optimum hotspot which additionally included Greek islands of Lemnos and Lesbos.

## Flowering plants
### Chloranthales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Canrightia foveolata | Sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | | |
| Proencistemon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | Genus includes new species P. portugallicus. | |

### Magnoliids
#### Laurales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Araliaephyllum silvapinedae | Sp. nov | In press | Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | La Cintura Formation | Mexico | |
| Argapaloxylon salvadorensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Vasquez-Loranca & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | | El Salvador | A member of the family Lauraceae. |
| Catula | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maccracken et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Kaiparowits Formation | United States ( Utah) | A member of the family Lauraceae. Genus includes new species C. gettyi. |
| Cryptocaryoxylon irregularis | Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik, Iamandei & Çelik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | Turkey | Fossil wood of a member of the family Lauraceae. |
| Laurinoxylon scalariforme | Sp. nov | Valid | Vasquez-Loranca & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | | El Salvador | A member of the family Lauraceae. |
| Mezilaurinoxylon americana | Sp. nov | Valid | Vasquez-Loranca & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | | El Salvador | A member of the family Lauraceae. |
| Mezilaurinoxylon draconis | Sp. nov | Valid | Vasquez-Loranca & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | | El Salvador | A member of the family Lauraceae. |
| Mezilaurinoxylon miocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Vasquez-Loranca & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | | El Salvador | A member of the family Lauraceae. |

#### Magnoliales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Fissistigma himachalensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Miocene | | India | A species of Fissistigma. | |
| Magnolia allasoniae | Sp. nov | Valid | Martinetto in Niccolini et al. | Miocene (Messinian) | Piedmont Basin | Italy | A species of Magnolia. First named in 1995 but did not meet ICBN requirements; subsequently validated in 2022. | |

#### Piperales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Aristospermum | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | | Portugal  United States ( Virginia) | A member of the family Aristolochiaceae. Genus includes new species A. huberi. | |
| Siratospermum | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | | United States ( Maryland) | A member of the family Aristolochiaceae. Genus includes new species S. mauldinense. | |

### Monocots
#### Lilioid monocots

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Pandanus estellae | Sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds et al. | Oligocene | | Australia | A species of Pandanus. | |

#### Commelinid monocots

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Sabalites ghughuaensis | Sp. nov | In press | Kumar, Hazra & Khan in Kumar et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | India | A member of the family Arecaceae belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae. | |
| Sabalites umariaensis | Sp. nov | In press | Kumar, Hazra & Khan in Kumar et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | India | A member of the family Arecaceae belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae. | |

#### Monocot research

* Leaf fossils of costapalmate-palms belonging to the genus Sabalites are described from the ?Santonian–Campanian Belly River Group, Campanian Foremost Formation (Alberta, Canada) and Maastrichtian Frenchman Formation (Saskatchewan, Canada) by Greenwood, Conran & West (2022), who interpret the studied fossils as constraining climate reconstructions for the Late Cretaceous high mid-latitudes of North America (c. 55° N) to exclude significant freezing episodes; the authors also transfer the Late Cretaceous species "Geonomites" imperialis to the genus Phoenicites, and reassess Sabalites carolinensis as more likely to be Campanian than Coniacian–Santonian in age.
* A study on the impact of the absence of megaherbivores in the aftermath of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on the evolution of palms is published by Onstein, Kissling & Linder (2022).
* A study on the evolutionary history of palms belonging to the group Mauritiinae, as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis incorporating fossil data, is published by Bacon et al. (2022).

### Basal eudicots
#### Proteales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Distefananthus | Gen. et sp. nov | | Huegele & Wang | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Dakota Formation | United States ( Kansas) | A platanaceous inflorescence. Genus includes new species D. hoisingtonensis. |
| Langeranthus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Huegele & Manchester | Eocene Ypresian | Klondike Mountain Formation | USA Washington | A platanaceous flowering head. The type species is L. dillhoffiorum |
| Meliosma eosinica | Sp. nov | | Moiseeva, Kodrul & Jin in Moiseeva et al. | Late Eocene | Huangniuling Formation | China | A species of Meliosma. |
| Nelumbo delinghaensis | Sp. nov | | Luo & Jia in Luo et al. | Miocene | Upper Youshashan Formation | China | A species of Nelumbo. |
| Nelumbo fujianensis | Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | Miocene | Fotan Group | China | A species of Nelumbo. |
| Platimeliphyllum durhamensis | Comb nov | in press | (Wolfe) | Late Eocene | Puget Group "Upper Fultonian" Loc 9832 | USA Washington | A platanaceous leaf. Moved from "Fothergilla" durhamensis (1968). |
| Platimeliphyllum fushunensis | Comb nov | in press | (Chen) | Eocene | Fushun Formation | China | A platanaceous leaf. Moved from "Betula" fushunensis. |
| Sapindopsis chinensis | Sp. nov | | Golovneva et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Dalazi Formation | China | A member of the family Platanaceae. |
| Sapindopsis orientalis | Sp. nov | | Golovneva et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Frentsevka Formation | Russia ( Primorsky Krai) | A member of the family Platanaceae. |

##### Protealean research

* Redescription of the Okanagan Highlands genus Langeria with description of associated stipules and reproductive structures plus formal reassignment of the genus to Platanaceae by Huegele & Manchester is published.

#### Ranunculales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Berberis auriolensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Denk & Sami in Denk et al. | Pleistocene (Calabrian) | | Italy | A species of Berberis. |
| Berberis siwalica | Sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Miocene | | India | A species of Berberis. |
| Mahonia mangbangensis | Sp. nov | | Tang et al. | Pliocene | Mangbang Formation | China | A species of Mahonia. |
| Palaeosinomenium hengduanensis | Sp. nov | | Wu & Zhou in Wu et al. | Eocene | Shuanghe Formation | China | A member of the family Menispermaceae. |

### Superasterids
#### Aquifoliales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Ilex antiquorum | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | | Germany | A holly; a replacement name for Ilex antiqua Knobloch & Mai (1986). | |
| Ilex myricina | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Messinian) | | Italy | A holly; a replacement name for Ilex myricoides Massalongo (1858). | |

#### Caryophyllales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Podopterus mijangosae | Sp. nov | In press | Estrada-Ruiz | Miocene | Mexican amber | Mexico | A species of Podopterus. | |

#### Cornales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Blackwelloxylon | Nom. nov | Valid | Deshmukh | Pleistocene | | United States ( Mississippi) | A member of the family Cornaceae; a replacement name for Cornoxylon Blackwell (1982). | |
| Exbeckettia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester & Collinson | Early Eocene | London Clay | United Kingdom | A mastixioid fruit; a new genus for Beckettia mastixioides Reid & Chandler (1933). | |

#### Dipsacales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Sambucus heqingensis | Sp. nov | In press | Huang & Zhou in Huang et al. | Late Pliocene | Heqing Basin | China | A species of Sambucus. | |

#### Ericales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Paradiospyroxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Koutecký & Sakala in Koutecký, Sakala & Chytrý | Oligocene | Ústí Formation | Czech Republic | A member of the family Ebenaceae. Genus includes new species P. kvacekii. | |

#### Icacinales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Palaeophytocrene chicoensis | Sp. nov | | Atkinson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Chico Formation | United States ( California) | A member of the family Icacinaceae. | |

#### Metteniusales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Calatola verae | Sp. nov | | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Miocene | Mexican amber | Mexico | A species of Calatola. | |

### Superrosids
#### Cucurbitales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Libasperma | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Huegele & Manchester | Paleocene | Fort Union Formation | United States ( Montana) | A member of the family Cucurbitaceae. Genus includes new species L. potamoglossensis. | |

#### Fabales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Albizia yenbaiensis | Sp. nov | Announced | Nguyen, Su & J. Huang in Nguyen et al. | Miocene | Yen Bai Basin | Vietnam | An Albizia species. Announced in 2022 Officially published January 2023 |
| Anadenantheroxylon kurupaum | Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Fabaceae. |
| Cedrelinga paleocatenaeformis | Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A species of Cedrelinga. |
| Cercioxylon mediterraneum | Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik, Iamandei & Çelik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | Turkey | Fossil wood of a member of the family Fabaceae. |
| Chloroleucoxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Fabaceae. Genus includes new species C. yukeriense. |
| Enterolobiumoxylon vassalloae | Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Fabaceae. |
| Leguminocarpum meghalayensis | Sp. nov | Announced | Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra | Late Paleocene | Tura Formation | India | A fabaceous seed pod morphospecies. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Microlobiusxylon parafoetidus | Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Fabaceae. |
| Paleobowdichia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Herendeen et al. | Latest Paleocene to late early Eocene | Lamar River Formation | United States ( Colorado Wyoming) | A member of Papilionoideae; a new genus for "Acacia" lamarensis Knowlton (1899). |
| Parapiptadenioxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A Fabaceae genus. The type species is P. pararigida. |
| Parvileguminophyllum damalgiriensis | Sp. nov | Announced | Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra | Late Paleocene | Tura Formation | India | A fabaceous leaf morphospecies. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Podocarpium tibeticum | Sp. nov | In press | Li, Huang & Su in Li et al. | Late Eocene | Lunpola Basin | China | A member of the family Fabaceae. |
| Pseudopiptadenioxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Late Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Argentina | A member of the family Fabaceae. Genus includes new species P. uniseriatum. |
| Tobya | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Herendeen et al. | Eocene | Cockfield Formation | United States ( Kentucky Tennessee) | A member of Papilionoideae; a new genus for "Diplotropis" claibornensis Herendeen & Dilcher (1990). |

##### Fabalean research

* New fossil material of members of the genus Bauhinia is described from the Eocene of the Puyang Basin (China) by Jia et al. (2022), who interpret their findings as the earliest reliable fossil records of Bauhinia in Asia.
* Moya et al. (2022) study the affinities of fossil legumes Entrerrioxylon victoriensis, Gossweilerodendroxylon palmariensis, Paraoxystigma concordiensis and Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis from the Cenozoic Paraná, Arroyo Feliciano and El Palmar formations (Argentina) with extant West African legumes, and discuss the possible migration routes by which these plants may have arrived in South America from Africa.

#### Fagales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Castanopsis zhoui | Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Miocene | Fotan Group | China | A species of Castanopsis. |
| Comptonia hirsuta | Sp. nov | | Xiao & Ji in Ji et al. | Miocene | Hannuoba Formation | China | A species of Comptonia. |
| Myricoxylon doganyurtensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik, Iamandei & Çelik | Early Miocene | | Turkey | Fossil wood of a member of the family Myricaceae. |
| Nothofagoxylon ruei | Sp. nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A nothofagaceous wood morphospecies Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Pterocarya magnifructa | Sp. nov | Valid | Stults, Tiffney & Axsmith | Pliocene | | United States ( Alabama) | A species of Pterocarya. |
| Quercus nanningensis | Sp. nov | In press | Liu & Jin in Liu et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | China | An oak. |
| Quercus paleodisciformis | Sp. nov | In press | Liu & Jin in Liu et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | China | An oak. |
| Quercus paleohui | Sp. nov | In press | Liu & Jin in Liu et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | China | An oak. |
| Quercus yongningensis | Sp. nov | In press | Liu & Jin in Liu et al. | Late Oligocene | Yongning Formation | China | An oak. |

#### Malpighiales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Belenocarpa | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hamersma et al. | Early Oligocene | | Peru | A member of the family Euphorbiaceae; a new genus for "Jatropha" tertiara Berry. |
| Elatine odgaardii | Sp. nov | Valid | Bennike in Bennike et al. | Probably early Pleistocene | | Greenland | A species of Elatine. Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023. |
| Mammeoxylon beylikduezuense | Sp. nov | In press | Akkemik et al. | Late Oligocene-Early Miocene | İstanbul Formation | Turkey | A Mammea relative wood morphospecies |
| Mammeoxylon paramericana | Comb. nov | In press | (Nelson & Jud) Akkemik & D. Mantzouka | Miocene | | Panama | A Mammea relative wood morphospecies Moved from Mammea paramericana (2017) |
| Parinari hilliana | Sp. nov | Valid | Grote in Grote, Duangkrayom & Jintasakul | Late Miocene | Tha Chang beds | Thailand | A species of Parinari. |
| Parinari khoratensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Grote in Grote, Duangkrayom & Jintasakul | Late Miocene | Tha Chang beds | Thailand | A species of Parinari. |
| Plukenetia minima | Sp. nov | In press | Poinar | Miocene | Dominican amber | Dominican Republic | A species of Plukenetia. |

#### Malvales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Malvacipolloides deccanensis | Sp. nov | | Manchester et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian–Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | India | A member of the family Malvaceae. |
| Malvacipolloides intertrappea | Sp. nov | | Manchester et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian–Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | India | A member of the family Malvaceae. |
| Thespesia neopopulnea | Sp. nov | Valid | Hazra, Mahato & Khan in Hazra et al. | Pliocene | Rajdanda Formation | India | A species of Thespesia. |

##### Malvalean research

* A study on the evolutionary history of Dipterocarpaceae, as indicated by biogeography of pollen fossils from Africa and India, molecular data and fossil amber records, is published by Bansal et al. (2022).

#### Myrtales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Hemitrapa zhangpuensis | Sp. nov | | Dong et al. | Miocene | | China | A member of the family Lythraceae belonging to the subfamily Trapoideae. |
| Lagerstroemioxylon compactum | Sp. nov | Valid | Harsh & Shekhawat | Eocene | | India | A member of the family Lythraceae. |
| Lagerstroemioxylon delicatum | Sp. nov | Valid | Harsh & Shekhawat | Eocene | | India | A member of the family Lythraceae. |
| Myrtineoxylon hoffmannae | Sp. nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A myrtaceous wood morphospecies. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Trapa natanifolia | Sp. nov | | Han & Jia in Han et al. | Late Eocene | Bailuyuan Formation | China | A water caltrop. |
| Trapa qaidamensis | Sp. nov | | Cai et al. | Miocene | Shangyoushashan Formation | China | A water caltrop. |

#### Oxalidales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Ceratopetalum suciensis | Sp nov | In press | Tang, Smith, & Atkinson | Late Cretaceous Campanian | Cedar District Formation | United States ( Washington) | A Cunoniaceous species. |
| Connaroxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baas et al. | Cretaceous Maastrichtian-earliest Paleocene | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | India | A probable Connaraceous wood morphotaxon. The type species is C. dimorphum. First named in 2017 but failed ICBN requirements; subsequently validated in 2022. |
| Cunoniocarpa | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matel et al. | Early Eocene | Huitrera Formation | Argentina | A member of Cunoniaceae. The type species is C. stylosa. |
| Racemofructus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matel et al. | Early Eocene | Huitrera Formation | Argentina | A member of Cunoniaceae. The type species is R. fasciculatus. |
| Weinmannioxylon trichospermoides | Sp. nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A cunoniaceous wood morphospecies. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |

##### Oxalidalean research

Tand, Smith, and Atkinson describe the first North American instance of the previously Paleo-Antarctic Rainforest Lineage Cunoniaceae fruits from Sucia Island. Previously considered solely a Gondwanan family, the new species indicate a complex geographic history for the group.

#### Rosales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Eophylica | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A rhamnaceous floral morphotaxon. The type species is E. priscastellata. |
| Ficoxylon fusiforme | Sp. nov | Valid | El-Noamani | Late Cretaceous | Taref Formation | Egypt | A member of the family Moraceae. |
| Ficus fujianensis | Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | Miocene | | China | A species of Ficus. |
| Ficus zhangpuensis | Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | Miocene | | China | A species of Ficus. |
| Ventilago pliocenica | Sp. nov | | Hazra et al. | Pliocene | | India | A species of Ventilago. |
| Ventilago siwalika | Sp. nov | | Hazra et al. | Miocene | | India | A species of Ventilago. |

#### Sapindales

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Barkleya | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester & Judd | Eocene Ypresian | Green River Formation | United States Colorado | An anacardiaceous samara. The type species is B. schinoloxa. Moved from Anacardites schinoloxus (1929). Possibly the fruits of "Rhus" nigricans. |
| Canarium haominiae | Sp. nov | In press | Yin et al. | Miocene | | China | A species of Canarium. |
| Canarium maomingense | Sp. nov | | Xiang & Jin in Xiang et al. | Late Pleistocene | Maoming Basin | China | A species of Canarium. |
| Choerospondias mioaxillaris | Sp. nov | | Xiao & Wu in Xiao et al. | Miocene | Shengxian Formation | China | A species of Choerospondias. |
| Choerospondias tiantaiensis | Sp. nov | | Xiao & Wu in Xiao et al. | Miocene | Shengxian Formation | China | A species of Choerospondias. |
| Grimmipollis | Gen. et sp. nov | | Huang, Morley & Hoorn in Huang et al. | Eocene | Yaw Formation | Myanmar | A member of the family Sapindaceae. Genus includes new species G. burmanica. |
| Koelreuteria kvacekii | Sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Del Rio & Su in Chen et al. | Eocene | Niubao Formation | China | A species of Koelreuteria. |
| Loxopteroides | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Manchester & Judd | Eocene | Ione Formation | United States ( California Oregon) | A member of the family Anacardiaceae. Genus includes new species L. weeksae. |
| Vaudoisia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Strullu-Derrien et al. | Eocene | | France | A fruit of likely sapindalean affinity; a new genus for "Juglandicarya" gruetii Vaudois-Miéja (1976). |

#### Other Eudicots

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Zlatkovia | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Rothwell & Stockey | Late Cretaceous | St. Mary River Formation | Canada ( Alberta) | An aquatic eudicot. The type species is Z. crenulata. | |

### Other angiosperms

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Archaebuda | Gen. et sp. nov | | Chen & Wang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Yixian Formation | China | A flower bud of an early angiosperm. Genus includes new species A. lingyuanensis. | |
| Ascarinophyllum | Gen. et sp. nov | Announced 2022 | Čepičková & Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Peruc–Korycany Formation | Czech Republic | A Basal angiosperm leaf morphogenus Similar to Mesodescolea plicata and Chloranthaceae. The type species is A. pecinovense. Officially published in 2023 | |
| Covidifructus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Heřmanová et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Turonian-Santonian) | Klikov Formation | Czech Republic | An angiosperm fruit of uncertain affinities, with similarities to the family Dilleniaceae. The type species is C. multicarpellatus. | |
| Elasmostemon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | A flowering plant of uncertain position at the level of ANA-grade angiosperms-Chloranthaceae-magnoliids. Genus includes new species E. paisii. | |
| Endressistemon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | A flowering plant of uncertain position at the level of ANA-grade angiosperms-Chloranthaceae-magnoliids. Genus includes new species E. cateficensis. | |
| Fairlingtonia microgyna | Sp. nov | | Du et al. | Early Cretaceous | Zhonggou Formation | China | A herbaceous eudicot. | |
| Florigerminis | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Cui et al. | Middle-Late Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | China | A possible flower bud. The type species is F. jurassica. First announced online 2021, Final article published in 2022. | Florigerminis jurassica |
| Gansupeltata | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Chijinpu Formation | China | An early flowering plant. Genus includes new species G. beishanensis. | |
| Herbifolia | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Frolov & Enushchenko | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) | Irkutsk Coal Basin | Russia | An angiosperm with leaf epidermal structure most similar to those of modern Asparagales and Liliales. Genus includes new species H. antiqua. | |
| Honeytheca | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Huegele & Manchester | Paleocene | Fort Union Formation | United States ( Montana) | A flowering plant of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species H. bighornensis. | |
| Ibericarpus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | A flowering plant of uncertain position at the level of ANA-grade angiosperms-Chloranthaceae-magnoliids. Genus includes new species I. cuneiformis. | |
| Lingyuananthus | Gen. et sp. nov | | Wang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) | Yixian Formation | China | An early angiosperm. Genus includes new species L. inexpectus. | |
| Phylica piloburmensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A flowering plant of uncertain affinities. Originally described as a species of Phylica. Oskolski et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with an affinity to Rhamnaceae, possibly to an extinct basal lineage; on the other hand Beurel et al. (2024) interpreted it as more likely to have lauralean affinities, and made it the type species of the separate genus Nothophylica. | |
| Santaniella | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | | Gobo et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Crato Formation | Brazil | Originally described as a member or a relative of the family Ranunculaceae, but subsequently considered to be a mesangiosperm of uncertain affinities, possibly a magnoliid. Genus includes new species S. lobata and S. acuta. | |
| Todziaphyllum saportanum | Comb. nov | Announced | (Velenovský) Čepičková & Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Peruc–Korycany Formation | Czech Republic | A Basal angiosperm leaf morphogenus A new combination for Banksites saportanus Officially published in 2023 | |
| Tolmania | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edmonds, Stockey & Rothwell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | St. Mary River Formation | Canada ( Alberta) | An aquatic dicot. Genus includes new species T. aquatica. | |
| Valvidistemon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Almargem Formation | Portugal | A flowering plant of uncertain position at the level of ANA-grade angiosperms-Chloranthaceae-magnoliids. Genus includes new species V. globiferus. | |

### General angiosperm research

* Surangea mohgaoensis, originally interpreted as fern megaspores, is reinterpreted as angiosperm fruits by Ramteke et al. (2022).
* Zhang et al. (2022) describe rich assemblages of spiny plant fossils from the Eocene (Bartonian) Niubao Formation (Tibet, China), preserving seven different spine morphologies, and interpret this finding as evidence of the presence of a diversity of spiny plants in Eocene central Tibet, as well as evidence of a rapid diversification of spiny plants in Eurasia around that time.
* A preliminary report on a new fossil angiosperm flora of the Lesvos Petrified Forest at Akrocheiras east of Sigri on Lesbos, Greece is given by Kafetzidou et al. Preliminary taxa identifications are given and commentary on the climactic implications are made.
* A study aiming to determine the relationship between past atmospheric CO$_2$ and temperature fluctuations and the shifts in diversification rates of Poaceae and Asteraceae is published by Palazzesi et al. (2022).

## Other plants

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Aegianthus irkutensis | Sp. nov | In press | Nosova & Tekleva | Middle Jurassic | Prisayan Formation | Russia | Pollen cone with pollen of ginkgoalean or gnetophytalean affinity. |
| Aysenoxylon | Gen et sp nov | Announced | Pujana et al. | Oligocene | San José Formation | Chile | A wood morphospecies of uncertain affinity. The type species is A. patorarensis. Announced in 2022 Officially published in 2023 |
| Bryokhutuliinia ignatovii | Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov, Kazanovsky & Enushchenko | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Middle Subformation of Prisayan Formation | Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast) | A member of Bryopsida of uncertain affinities. |
| Combina | Gen. et sp. nov | | Santos & Wang | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Calcena Formation | Spain | A cone-like reproductive organ of a seed plant. Genus includes new species C. triassica. |
| Dioonitocarpidium rossicum | Sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov | Permian | | Russia | A member of Cycadales. |
| Europoxylon garapensis | Sp. nov | In press | Conceição et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | Brazil | A gymnosperm. |
| Jarudia | Gen. et sp. nov | | Shi et al. | Early Cretaceous | Huolinhe Formation | China | A seed-bearing structure of a corystosperm seed fern. Genus includes new species J. zhoui. |
| Komlopteris distinctiva | Sp. nov | | Barbacka in Barbacka et al. | Early Jurassic (Hettangian) | Zagaje Formation | Poland | Cuticle of a seed fern. |
| Lesleya ceriacoi | Sp. nov | In press | Correia et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | Douro Carboniferous Basin | Portugal | An early gymnosperm. |
| Palaeodichelyma kiritchkovae | Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov, Kazanovsky & Enushchenko | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Lower Subformation of Prisayan Formation | Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast) | A member of Bryopsida of uncertain affinities. |
| Paragigantopteris | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Ma et al. | Permian (Wuchiapingian) | Lungtan Formation | China | A gigantopterid. Genus includes new species P. qingloongensis. |
| Pauthecophyton hezhangensis | Sp. nov | | Wang et al. | Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) | Danlin Formation | China | A euphyllophyte of uncertain affinities. |
| Piterophyton | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Ordovician | | Russia ( Leningrad Oblast) | A rhyniophyte of uncertain affinities. The type species is P. caudatum. |
| Polycanaloxylon | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Conceição et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | Brazil | A gymnosperm. Genus includes new species P. merlottii. |
| Psilophyton diakanthon | Sp. nov | | Colston, Landaw & Tomescu | Devonian (Emsian) | Battery Point Formation | Canada ( Quebec) | A member of the group Trimerophytopsida. |
| Renbernia | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Potomac Group | United States ( Virginia) | A seed plant similar to Brenneria potomacensis. Genus includes new species R. zhoui. |
| Rhyniotaenium | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Krings | Early Devonian | Rhynie chert | United Kingdom | An alga, probably a green alga belonging to the family Mesotaeniaceae. Genus includes new species R. velatum. |
| Sinoglossa | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Middle Triassic | Linjia Formation | China | A member of Glossopteridales. The type species is S. sunii. |
| Taimyria | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh & Mogutcheva | Early Triassic (Induan) | Keshinskian/Keshinskaya Formation | Russia ( Krasnoyarsk Krai) | A member of Peltaspermales belonging to the family Angaropeltaceae. Genus includes new species T. triassica. |
| Taungurungia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McSweeney, Shimeta & Buckeridge | Devonian (Pragian–Emsian) | Norton Gully Sandstone Formation | Australia | A plant of uncertain affinities, similar to members of Zosterophyllopsida. Genus includes new species T. garrattii. |
| Teyoua | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Huang, Liu & Xue | Devonian (probably Pragian) | Mangshan Group | China | A polysporangiate land plant. Genus includes new species T. antrorsa. |
| Traskia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell et al. | Jurassic | | Canada ( British Columbia) | A stem-cycad. Genus includes new species T. maahlae. |
| Vetiplanaxis obtusus | Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A moss belonging to the group Hypnodendrales. |
| Wilhowia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gensel | Devonian (Emsian) | Battery Point Formation | Canada ( Quebec) | A basal euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species W. phocarum. |
| Xadzigacalix | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klymiuk, Rothwell & Stockey | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | | Canada ( British Columbia) | A gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly having affinities with gnetophytes or angiosperms. Genus includes new species X. quatsinoensis. |
| Xinhangia | Gen. et sp. nov | | Yang & Wang | Devonian (Famennian) | Wutong Formation | China | A fern-like plant of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species X. spina. |

### Other plant research

* A study on the xylem development in Leptocentroxyla, and on its implications for the knowledge of the evolution of pith, is published by Tomescu & McQueen (2022).
* Decombeix et al. (2022) report evidence of tylosis formation in permineralized wood of Dameria hueberi from the Tournaisian of Australia.
* The first comprehensive crown reconstruction of Medullosa stellata var. typica, based on data from a specimen from the Chemnitz petrified forest (Germany), is presented by Luthardt et al. (2022).
* Fossil material of Rhabdotaenia is reported from the Permian Umm Irna Formation (Jordan) by Blomenkemper et al. (2022), representing the northernmost occurrence of this Gondwanan leaf type reported to date.

## Palynology

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Anapiculatisporites radiatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Apricasporites | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. Genus includes new species A. cancellosus. |
| Camptotriletes inaequabilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Camptotriletes suggrandis | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Convolutispora inreligata | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Endosporites circumsaeptus | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Foveosporites magnus | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Granulatisporites commutabilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Playford | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Lyall Formation | Australia | A trilete spore. |
| Paxillitriletes permicus | Sp. nov | In press | Sui, McLoughlin & Feng in Sui et al. | Permian (Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian) | Xuanwei Formation | China | A lycophyte megaspore. |
| Sergipea multipapillata | Sp. nov | | Hu et al. | Early Cretaceous | Bongor Basin | Chad | A gymnosperm pollen. |
| Sparganiaceaepollenites reticulatus | Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Samant et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | India | Pollen of a member of the family Typhaceae/Sparganiaceae. The name is preoccupied by Sparganiaceaepollenites reticulatus Doktorowicz-Hrebnicka (1960) ex Krutzsch & Vanhoorne (1977); DeBenedetti et al. (2025) coined a replacement name Sparganiaceaepollenites intertrappeansis. |
| Volkheimerites | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Narváez et al. | Paleocene (Danian) | Salamanca Formation | Argentina | Pollen of a flowering plant. The type species is V. labyrinthus. |
| Yezopollis | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Legrand, Yamada & Nishida | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) | Mikasa Formation | Japan | A Normapolles-type flowering plant pollen. Genus includes new species Y. mikasaensis. |

## Research

* Review of the studies on the origin of the land flora is published by Bowman (2022).
* A study on the evolution of body plans of members of Viridiplantae, based on a review of the fossil record, molecular data and developmental biology, is published by Niklas & Tiffney (2022).
* A study on the biodiversity of land plants at the equator during their first major diversification in the Late Silurian–Early Devonian is published by Wellman et al. (2022).
* A study on the evolution of heterospory during the Devonian is published by Leslie & Bonacorsi (2022).
* Seven coniferous nurse logs that have been colonized by conifer and equisetalean roots are reported from four Permian intervals in the Ordos Basin (China) by Feng et al. (2022), indicating that conifer tree stems probably functioned as hosts to both conspecific and interspecific seedlings in the Cathaysian Flora.
* A study on the impact of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the emerging South Atlantic region on Aptian plant communities from eight Brazilian sedimentary basins is published by Carvalho et al. (2022), who report evidence of an overall predominance of xerophytic plants, attesting to more dry conditions, and of a humidification trend towards the end of the late Aptian resulting in the predominance of hydrophytes, hygrophytes, tropical lowland flora and upland flora, indicative of prevalence of lowland and montane rainforests.
* A study on the distribution and relative abundances of major plant groups from the Albian Gates Formation (Alberta, Canada) is published by Kalyniuk et al. (2022).
* A study on the relationship between whole-genome duplication, seed traits and the selectivity of the survival of plants during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event is published by Berry & Jaganathan (2022).
* New Oligocene flora is described from the Dong Ho Formation (Vietnam) by Huang et al. (2022), who interpret the studied fossils as evidence of long-term environmental, floristic and vegetational stability in this region since the Paleogene.
* Gentis et al. (2022) describe fossil wood specimens from the Miocene Natma Formation (Myanmar), representing an assemblage dominated by members of the families Fabaceae and Dipterocarpaceae, interpreted as coming from different types of low altitude forest ecosystems (tropical wet evergreen, tropical dry and deciduous, and tropical littoral), and interpreted as indicative of a monsoonal climate with an alternance of a dry season and a wet season.
* Abundant compression floras dominated by angiosperm leaves are described from two sites of probable Pliocene age in Brunei by Wilf et al. (2022), who interpret these floras as evidence of dipterocarp-dominated lowland rainforests in the Malay Archipelago before the Pleistocene.
* A study on the impact of the extinct Neotropical megafauna on the variability in plant functional traits and biome geography in Central and South America is published by Dantas & Pausas (2022).
* A study on plant material from rock overhangs from mid-late Holocene sites along the Kawarau-Cromwell-Roxburgh Gorges in Central Otago (New Zealand), much of which was likely transported as roosting material or consumed by moa birds, and on its implications for the knowledge of the mid-late Holocene regional vegetation of Central Otago and the knowledge of vegetation changes since mid-late Holocene, is published by Pole (2022).
* A study on the role of hydraulic failure in the evolution of early vascular plants is published by Bouda et al. (2022), suggesting that drought selection played a key role in the diversification of vascular arrangements beginning with the Devonian explosion.