Fossil myrtaceous pollen as evidence for the evolutionary history of Myrtaceae: A review of fossil Myrtaceidites species

► A review of each formally described Myrtaceidites morphospecies. ► Updated affinity between Myrtaceidites species and extant Myrtaceae. ► New LM images used to illustrate the morphological variation of Myrtaceidites. ► A new species, Myrtaceidites leptospermoides, erected. ► 9 Myrtaceidites morphotypes identified, including 6 useful for molecular dating.