New paper: Patagonian fossil Azolla

Azolla, cultivated, greenhouse

I am pleased to announce to publication of a new paper on fossil Azolla, now available online early at International Journal of Plant Sciences (free access). The full citation is: 

Hermsen, E.J., N.A. Jud, F. De Benedetti, and M.A. Gandolfo. 2019. Azolla sporophytes and spores from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1086/704377

 Update (August 21, 2019): This final version of this paper with page numbers is now online as part of the Rothwell Celebration in the September 2019 issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences.

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