Flower Power: Can in-situ pollen link fossil plants to floral visitors?

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2026

Till A, Ulrich S, Cantrill DJ, Grimsson F. Pollen morphology of Pseudanthus (Picrodendraceae). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2026 Jan;344:105426. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105426
Ulrich S, Purgina C, Bouchal JM, Geier C, Grimsson F. The use of transmission electron microscopy when investigating fossil angiosperm pollen: A review and suggestions for future applications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2026 Jan;344:105423. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105423
Till A, Ulrich S, Cantrill DJ, Grimsson F. Ultrastructural Analysis of Pseudanthus (Picrodendraceae) Pollen Using Transmission Electron Microscopy: Intraspecific, Interspecific, Intrafamilial, and Interfamilial Comparisons. Plants. 2026;15(61):plants15010061. doi: 10.3390/plants15010061

2025

Geier C, Engel MS, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Schönenberger J, Uhl D et al. 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist. 2025 Nov;248(4):2111-2127. doi: 10.1111/nph.70531
Bouchal JM, Geier C, Ulrich S, Wilde V, Lenz OK, Zetter R et al. Qualitative LM and SEM study of the Messel palynoflora: Part II. Fabales to Caryophyllales. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2025 Oct;341:105349. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105349
Geier C, Ulrich S, Bouchal JM, Zetter R, Ngô Muller V, Jacobs BF et al. Morphology and ultrastructure of Tilioideae pollen: how to differentiate Craigia, Mortoniodendron, and Tilia. Botanical studies. 2025 Jun 9;66(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s40529-025-00463-1
Geier C, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Grimsson F. Identifying Tilioideae pollen in the fossil record using electron microscopy. In Abstract EGU25. 2025. EGU25-17212 doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17212
Boudet L, Geier C, Engel MS, Grimsson F, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S et al. Majesties among the insects - new crown wasps (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit. In Wedmann S, Smith KT, editors, The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume. Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung. 2025. p. 27
Geier C, Bouchal JM, Boudet L, Uhl D, Engel MS, Nel A et al. Paleo-pollination by Hymenoptera in the paleogene of Europe. In Wedmann S, Smith KT, editors, The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume. Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung. 2025. p. 38
Grimsson F. Pollen in the spotlight: fossil evidence for the intimate interactions between flowers and animals. In Wedmann S, Smith KT, editors, The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume. Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung. 2025. p. 43
Boudet L, Geier C, Grimsson F, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Wappler T et al. Scoliid wasps from the eocene of Messel: pollinivory and pollination. In Wedmann S, Smith KT, editors, The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume. Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung. 2025. p. 26

2024

Wuttke M, Poschmann MJ, Wappler T, Bouchal JM, Geier C, Ulrich S et al. Pollen-feeding in a giant pelobatid tadpole from the late Oligocene of Enspel, Germany. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 2024 Dec;104(4):999-1026. 104831. doi: 10.1007/s12549-024-00603-8
Geier C, Engel MS, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Grimsson F, Wedmann S et al. The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 2024 Dec;104(4):949-962. s12549-024-00604-7. doi: 10.1007/s12549-024-00604-7
Geier C, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Uhl D, Wappler T, Wedmann S et al. Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany. Palaeoworld. 2024 Aug;33(4):1079-1104. Epub 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.07.003
Ulrich S, Vieira M, Coiro M, Bouchal JM, Geier C, Jacobs BF et al. Origin and Early Evolution of Hydrocharitaceae and the Ancestral Role of Stratiotes. Plants. 2024 Mar 31;13(7):1008. doi: 10.3390/plants13071008
Ulrich S, Geier C, Bouchal JM, Zetter R, Schönenberger J, Uhl D et al. Combined LM and EM investigations of pollen from compressed fossil flowers aid in their taxonomic assignment. In Bek J, Votočková Frojdová J, editors, XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book. Prag: CZECH-IN s. r. o. 2024. p. 125-126. O-236
Till A, Geier C, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Wedmann S, Cantrill D et al. Did beetles visit Pseudanthus (Picrodendraceae) flowers in the Eocene of Europe? In Bek J, Votočková Frojdová J, editors, XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book. Prag: CZECH-IN s. r. o. 2024. p. 132-133. O-248
Geier C, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Uhl D, Wedmann S, Wappler T et al. Eocene flower visitation of European Diptera and their potential pollinator role. Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. 2024. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5607
Grimsson F, Geier C, Bouchal JM, Ulrich S, Schönenberger J, Uhl D et al. Flowers and insects with in situ and/or adhered pollen from Eckfeld (Eocene) and Enspel (Oligocene), Germany. In Bek J, Votočková Frojdová J, editors, XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book. Prag: CZECH-IN s. r. o. 2024. p. 127. O-238
Bouchal JM, Geier C, Ulrich S, Uhl D, Wedmann S, Wappler T et al. Fossil Coleoptera with in situ and adhered pollen from the Eocene of Eckfeld, Germany. Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. 2024. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5326
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