… The major diversification of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the Early Cretaceous, … on
early angiosperm evolution, though important issues remain unresolved. ANGIOSPERMS …

… determine the net diversification of different lineages. We document the temporal trends of
angiosperm diversification rates during their early history. Absolute diversification rates were …

… and early diversification of the flowering plants (angiosperms… However, despite extensive
knowledge of angiosperm biology … on the early evolutionary history of the “key” angiosperm …

… among angiosperm systematists have greatly improved our understanding of angiosperm
… correspond to traditionally recognized families provided early confidence that the molecular-…

… Even before Darwin's famous correspondence to Hooker about the “abominable mystery” of
the origin and early diversification of the angiosperms (see American Journal of Botany 96: 5…

… the origin and early diversification of the flowering plants and addressing the following
questions: (1) What lineage is ancestral to the angiosperms? (2) What were the first angiosperms, …

… Angiosperms then rapidly diversified, with a number of morphologically diverse clades …
relative roles of different diversification mechanisms for the early explosion of angiosperms. …

… our understanding of angiosperm diversification. Yet, the origin and early evolution of their
… In particular, the structure of the ancestral flower of all living angiosperms is still uncertain. …

… Our results bear on hypotheses concerning the causes of angiosperm diversification.
According to arguments developed by Doyle and Donoghue (8), trees rooted among magnolialian …

… diversification. We examine the evolutionary diversification of angiosperms and the observed
… distribution of species in angiosperm clades by estimating the rate of diversification for …