Nomenclatural acts

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003720
Keraphyton mawsoniae sp. nov.
Champreux, A., Meyer-Berthaud, B. & Decombeix, A. L. (2020): Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia. – PeerJ 8: e9321 (1–20).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003718
Palaeochoerospondias gen. nov.
Ersoy, M., Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Herrera, F., Manchester, S. R., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Fruits of Anacardiaceae from the early Oligocene of Baraval Quercy locality, southwestern France. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105606 (1–11).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003716
Baravalosphaera gen. nov.
Ersoy, M., Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Herrera, F., Manchester, S. R., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Fruits of Anacardiaceae from the early Oligocene of Baraval Quercy locality, southwestern France. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105606 (1–11).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003709
Rhus herthae Unger designation of lectotype
Iljinskaja, I. A. (1964): Tortonian flora of Swoszowice. – Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 8(5): 113–144., page 6

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003705
Apocynophyllum Unger designation of type taxon
Andrews, H. N. (1955): Index of generic names of fossil plants, 1820-1950. – Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 1013: 1–262.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003703
Acacia oblita Saporta designation of lectotype
Tosal, A., Mariotti, R., Boura, A. & Denk, T. (2026): Revisiting Oligocene Mimosa and Mimosites leaflets from southwest Europe: taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate. – Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70092 (1–21)., page 126

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003697
Caesalpinia norica Unger designation of lectotype
Tosal, A., Mariotti, R., Boura, A. & Denk, T. (2026): Revisiting Oligocene Mimosa and Mimosites leaflets from southwest Europe: taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate. – Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70092 (1–21)., page 491

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003696
Cruciptera simsonii comb. nov.
Manchester, S. R. (1991): Cruciptera, a new Juglandaceous winged fruit from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America.Systematic Botany 16(4): 715–725.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003688
Keraphyton gen. nov.
Champreux, A., Meyer-Berthaud, B. & Decombeix, A. L. (2020): Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia. – PeerJ 8: e9321 (1–20).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003672
Parvileguminophyllum oblitum comb. nov.
Tosal, A., Mariotti, R., Boura, A. & Denk, T. (2026): Revisiting Oligocene Mimosa and Mimosites leaflets from southwest Europe: taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate. – Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70092 (1–21).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003671
Acacia oblita sp. nov.
Saporta, L. C. J. G. de (1889): Dernières adjonctions à la flore fossile d'Aix-en-Provence précédées de notions stratigraphiques et paléontologiques appliquées à l'étude du gisement des plantes fossiles d'Aix-en-Provence. 10(1–3): 1–192.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003665
Cruciptera gen. nov.
Manchester, S. R. (1991): Cruciptera, a new Juglandaceous winged fruit from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America.Systematic Botany 16(4): 715–725.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003659
Vitis praerotundifolia sp. nov.
Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Vitaceae seed and wood fossils from the Eocene–Oligocene phosphatic fissure fillings of Quercy, southwestern France.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105637 (1–13).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003658
Vitis quercyensis sp. nov.
Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Vitaceae seed and wood fossils from the Eocene–Oligocene phosphatic fissure fillings of Quercy, southwestern France.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105637 (1–13).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003650
Baravalosphaera operculata sp. nov.
Ersoy, M., Chen, Y. Y., Boura, A., Herrera, F., Manchester, S. R., Orliac, M., Lebrun, R. & Del Rio, C. (2026): Fruits of Anacardiaceae from the early Oligocene of Baraval Quercy locality, southwestern France. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 352: 105606 (1–11).

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003643
Thalassites parkavonensis sp. nov.
Benzecry, A. & Brack-Hanes, S. D. (2008): A new hydrocharitacean seagrass from the Eocene of Florida. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157(1): 19–30.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003641
Thalassites gen. nov.
Benzecry, A. & Brack-Hanes, S. D. (2008): A new hydrocharitacean seagrass from the Eocene of Florida. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157(1): 19–30.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003629
Eophylica gen. nov.
Shi, C., Dong, C. H., Zhang, H., Long, X. X., Tihelka, E., Song, W. C., Feng, Q., Jiang, R. X., Cai, C. Y., Lombard, N., Li, X., Yuan, J., Zhu, J. P., Yang, H. Y., Liu, X. F., Xiang, Q. P., Zhao, Z. T., Long, C. L., Schneider, H., Zhang, X. C., Peng, H., Li, D. Z., Fan, Y., Engel, M. S., Wang, Y. D. & Spicer, R. A. (2022): Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber. – Nature Plants 8: 125–135.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003569
Potamogeton crispissima (Dusén) A.Iglesias, Gallardo, Santillana et E.Silva designation of lectotype
Iglesias, A., Gallardo, R. A., Santillana, S. & Silva, E. (2025): New plants from the Upper Paleocene Cross Valley-Wiman Formation, Marambio (=Seymour) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. – Ameghiniana 62(2): 144–174., page 155

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003561
Equicalastrobus chinleana comb. nov.
Grauvogel-Stamm, L. & Ash, S. R. (1999): “Lycostrobus” chinleana, an equisetalean cone from the Upper Triassic of the southwestern United States and its phylogenetic implications. – American Journal of Botany 86(10): 1391–1405.

Total records: 1244