2013 in paleobotany
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This list of 2013 in paleobotany records new fossil plant taxa that were described during 2013, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year.
[[Chlorophyta]]
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Cymatiosphaera scitula{{cite journal |author1=R. Wicander |author2=G. Playford |year=2013 |title=Marine and terrestrial palynofloras from transitional Devonian–Mississippian strata, Illinois Basin, U.S.A. |journal=Boletín Geológico y Minero |volume=124 |issue=4 |pages=589–637 |url=http://aiplanetatierra.igme.es/Boletin/2013/124_4/6_ARTICULO%205.pdf }}
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Wicander & Playford | | | {{Flag|United States}} | A member of Chlorophyta belonging to the group Prasinophyceae. | |
[[Moss|Bryophyta]]
Ferns and fern allies
Ginkgophytes
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Name
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Allicospermum angrenicum{{cite journal |author=Natalya Nosova |year=2013 |title=Revision of the genus Grenana Samylina from the Middle Jurassic of Angren, Uzbekistan |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=197 |pages=226–252 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.06.005 |bibcode=2013RPaPa.197..226N }}
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Nosova | Middle Jurassic | | {{Flag|Uzbekistan}} | A Ginkgo-like plant described on the basis of seeds. | |
Nagrenia
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Nosova | Middle Jurassic | | {{Flag|Uzbekistan}} | A member of Ginkgoales described on the basis of peduncles furcating into several pedicels. Genus includes new species N. samylinae. | |
[[Gnetophyta]]
==Pachytestopsida==
[[Pinophyta]]
Angiosperms
Other seed plants
Other plants
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Name
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Acinosporites tristratus{{cite journal |author1=Pierre Breuer |author2=Philippe Steemans |title=Devonian spore assemblages from northwestern Gondwana: taxonomy and biostratigraphy |journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology |volume=89 |pages=5–163 |doi=10.1111/pala.12031 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 | url = https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/89/article_pp1-163}}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Alatisporites? trisacculus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Biornatispora elegantula
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Belgium}} {{Flag|Germany}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Biornatispora microclavata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Brochotriletes crameri
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Brochotriletes tenellus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Brochotriletes tripapillatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Libya}} | | |
Camarozonotriletes asperulus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Chelinospora carnosa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Chelinospora condensata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Chelinospora densa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Chelinospora laxa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Chelinospora vulgata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Coronaspora inornata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Cristatisporites streelii
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Cymbosporites variabilis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Cymbosporites variegatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Libya}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | | |
Cymbosporites wellmanii
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Cyrtospora tumida
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Diaphanospora milleri
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Dibolisporites tuberculatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Libya}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} {{Flag|United States}} | | |
Dibolisporites verecundus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Dictyotriletes hemeri
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Spain}} | | |
Dictyotriletes marshallii
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Elenisporis gondwanensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Emphanisporites laticostatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Emphanisporites plicatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Franhueberia{{cite journal |author1=Laurel A. Hoffman |author2=Alexandru M. F. Tomescu |year=2013 |title=An early origin of secondary growth: Franhueberia gerriennei gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Devonian of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada) |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=100 |issue=4 |pages=754–763 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1300024 |pmid=23535772}}
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Hoffman & Tomescu | Devonian (Emsian) | | {{Flag|Canada}} | A basal member of Euphyllophytina. The type specimen is F. gerriennei. | |
Geminospora convoluta
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Grandispora maura
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Granulatisporites concavus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Libya}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Hystricosporites brevispinus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Raistrickia commutata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Raistrickia jaufensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Retusotriletes atratus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Australia}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Retusotriletes celatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Samarisporites tunisiensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Verrucosisporites nafudensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Verrucosisporites onustus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Verrucosisporites stictus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} | | |
Zonotriletes brevivelatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Algeria}} {{Flag|Libya}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Zonotriletes rotundus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |
Zonotriletes venatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Breuer & Steemans | | | {{Flag|Algeria}} {{Flag|Brazil}} {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} {{Flag|Tunisia}} | | |