2014 in paleobotany
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This article records new taxa of plants that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year 2014.
Chlorophytes
Ferns
Ginkgophyta
=Ginkgophytes=
Conifers
=Pinales=
=Other conifers=
Angiosperms
=Magnoliids=
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Name
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Annona eocenica{{cite journal |author1=M. Prasad |author2=H. Singh |author3=S. K. Singh |year=2014 |title=Early Eocene Annona fossils from Vastan Lignite Mine, Surat district, Gujarat, India: age, origin and palaeogeographic significance |journal=Current Science |volume=107 |issue=10 |pages=1730–1735 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad, Singh & Singh | Early Eocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Annonaceae, a species of Annona. | |
Annona vastanensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad, Singh & Singh | Early Eocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Annonaceae, a species of Annona. | |
Cinnamomum palaeobejolghota
| Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Middle to late Miocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Lauraceae, a species of Cinnamomum. | |
Hexagyne philippiana{{cite journal |author1=Clément Coiffard |author2=Barbara A.R. Mohr |author3=Mary E.C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira |year=2014 |title=Hexagyne philippiana gen. et sp. nov., a piperalean angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil) |journal=Taxon |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=1275–1286 |doi=10.12705/636.17 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Coiffard, Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | | {{Flag|Brazil}} | A member of Piperales, probably related to Aristolochiaceae. | |
Laurophyllum cinnamomoides{{cite journal |author1=Gong-Le Shi |author2=Zhi-Ming Xie |author3=Hao-Min Li |year=2014 |title=High diversity of Lauraceae from the Oligocene of Ningming, South China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=23 |issue=3–4 |pages=336–356 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2014.08.001 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum gengjiaoae
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum grandifolia
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum huashanense
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum mingjiangense
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum ningmingense
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum papillatum
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Laurophyllum trichophorum
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Xie & Li | | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
Lindera neobifaria{{cite journal |author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |year=2014 |title=New lauraceous species from the Siwalik forest of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya, and their palaeoclimatic and palaeogeographic implications |journal=Turkish Journal of Botany |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=454–464 |doi=10.3906/bot-1308-35 |doi-access=free }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Pliocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Lauraceae, a species of Lindera. | |
Microlaurus{{cite journal |author1=Masamichi Takahashi |author2=Patrick S. Herendeen |author3=Xianghui Xiao |author4=Peter R. Crane |year=2014 |title=Lauraceous Fossil Flowers from the Kamikitaba Assemblage (Coniacian, Late Cretaceous) of Northeastern Japan (Lauraceae) |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=715–724 |doi=10.1600/036364414X681464 |s2cid=86142247 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Takahashi et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian) | | {{Flag|Japan}} | A member of Lauraceae. The type species is Microlaurus perigynus. | |
Persea mioparviflora
| Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Pliocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Lauraceae. Described by Khan & Bera (2014) as a species of Persea, considered by the authors to be most similar to the species Persea parviflora Spreng. | |
Persea preglaucescens
| Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Pliocene | | {{Flag|India}} | A member of Lauraceae. Described by Khan & Bera (2014) as a species of Persea, though the authors consider it most similar to the species Persea glaucescens (Nees) D.G. Long, assigned by other authors to the genus Machilus. | |
=Monocots=
=Basal eudicots=
==Proteales==
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Ambiplatanus{{cite journal |author1=Randal A. Mindell |author2=Steven J. Karafit |author3=Ruth A. Stockey |s2cid=85109041 |year=2014 |title=Bisexual Flowers from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island, Canada: Ambiplatanus washingtonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Platanaceae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=175 |issue=6 |pages=651–662 |doi=10.1086/676306 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mindell, Karafit & Stockey | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | | {{Flag|Canada}} | A member of Platanaceae. The type species is Ambiplatanus washingtonensis. | |
Macginitiea nascens
| Sp. nov | Valid | Peppe & Hickey | Paleocene | | {{Flag|United States}} | A member of Platanaceae, a species of Macginitiea. | |
Meliosma thriviensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Peppe & Hickey | Paleocene | | {{Flag|United States}} | A member of Sabiaceae, a species of Meliosma. | |
Meliosma vandaelium
| Sp. nov | Valid | Peppe & Hickey | Paleocene | | {{Flag|United States}} | A member of Sabiaceae, a species of Meliosma. | |
==Ranunculales==
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Kajanthus{{cite journal |author1=Mário Miguel Mendes |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=João Pais |author4=Else Marie Friis |year=2014 |title=Fossil Kajanthus lusitanicus gen. et sp. nov. from Portugal: floral evidence for Early Cretaceous Lardizabalaceae (Ranunculales, basal eudicot) |journal=Grana |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=283–301 |doi=10.1080/00173134.2014.932431 |doi-access=free }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mendes et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) | | {{Flag|Portugal}} | A member of Lardizabalaceae. The type species is Kajanthus lusitanicus. | |
Menispermites lebedevii
| Sp. nov | Valid | Moiseeva | Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) | | {{Flag|Russia}} | A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves. | |
=Superasterids=
=Superrosids=
==Saxifragales==
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Trochodendroides deminii{{cite journal |author1=D.A. Yudova |author2=L. B. Golovneva |year=2014 |title=The genus Trochodendroides Berry in the Chingandzha flora of northeastern Russia |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=5 |pages=60–72 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2014.5.60 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=22900322 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yudova & Golovneva | | | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of Cercidiphyllaceae. | |
Trochodendroides tumanensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yudova in Yudova & Golovneva | | | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of Cercidiphyllaceae. | |