New paper on the fossil record of water clover (Marsilea)

Marsilea mutica (L.H. Bailey Conservatory, Cornell University)

I am pleased to announce the publication of my paper on the fossil record of Marsilea (water-clover), including the description of the new species Marsilea sprungerorum from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado and Utah! The paper is open-access.


Hermsen, E.J. 2019. Revisions to the fossil sporophyte record of Marsilea. Acta Palaeobotanica 59: 27–50. https://doi.org/10.2478/acpa-2019-0005

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