Information on the fossil record of angiosperms has expanded dramatically over the past
twenty-five years, and in particular the discovery of numerous mesofossil floras with fossil …

▪ Abstract The first flowering plant fossils occur as rare, undiverse pollen grains in the Early
Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian). Angiosperms diversified slowly during the Barremian …

Although evidence for land vegetation comes from the Silurian, and maybe even earlier, the
first record of fossil charcoal (fusain) is from the late Devonian. For this period there are only …

Angiosperm fruiting axes were discovered from the Upper Jurassic of China. Angiosperms
are defined by carpels enclosing ovules, a character demonstrated in this fossil. This feature …

This latest revision of my classification and geography of the Dicotyledons replaces my 1992
(Bot. Rev.[Lancaster] 58 (3): 225–348) review and is necessitated by the plethora of new …

The fossil record has played an important role in the history of evolutionary thought, has
aided the determination of key relationships through mosaics, and has allowed an …

In May 1995, fire burnt an area of heathland with stands of pine and birch trees in the
Frensham Common Country Park near Tilford in Surrey, southeast England. Extensive areas …

The larger part of the matK gene and the (3′−) adjacent spacer have been sequenced and
used for phylogenetic analyses in 48 species of Lauraceae from all parts of their …

The age of the angiosperms has long been of interest to botanists and evolutionary
biologists. Many early efforts to date the age of the angiosperms and evolutionary …

Developing a detailed estimate of plant phylogeny is the key first step toward a more
sophisticated and particularized understanding of plant evolution. At many levels in the …