The timing of the origin of angiosperms is a hotly debated topic in plant evolution. Molecular
dating analyses that consistently retrieve pre‐Cretaceous ages for crown‐group …

The major diversification of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the Early Cretaceous, between
about 130 and 90 million years ago, initiated fundamental changes in terrestrial ecosystems …

The extraordinary contemporary species richness and ecological predominance of flowering
plants (angiosperms) are even more remarkable when considering the relatively recent …

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 …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

Trees or shrubs, mostly evergreen. Leaves alternate to opposite or apparently whorled,
simple, entire, often coriaceous. Stipules absent. Indument consisting of simple, unicellular …

Abstract Thome, Robert F.(Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA 91711).
Classification and geography of the flowering plants. Bot. Rev. 58 (3): 225–348. 1992.—This …

Angiosperms (flowering plants) are the most diverse of all major lineages of land plants and
the dominant autotrophs in most terrestrial ecosystems. Their evolutionary and ecological …

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 …