The evolution of the seed represents a remarkable life‐history transition for photosynthetic
organisms. Here, we review the recent literature and historical understanding of how and …

The nuclear endosperm of monocots, including the cereal species maize, rice, barley, and
wheat, represents humankind's most important renewable source of food, feed, and …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Increasingly robust understanding of angiosperm phylogeny allows more secure
reconstruction of the flower in the most recent common ancestor of extant angiosperms and …

The female reproductive unit of flowering plants, the haploid female gametophyte, is highly
reduced relative to other land plants. We show that patterning of the Arabidopsis female …

Abstract Doyle, ja (Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis,
California 95616, USA). Seed ferns and the origin of angiosperms. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 133 …

An understanding of land plant evolution is a prerequisite for in-depth knowledge of plant
biology. Here we extract and explore information hidden in the increasing number of …

Revolutionary new concepts of bryophyte relationships have emerged from molecular
phylogenetic analyses conducted since the onset of the 21st century. For example …

Angiosperms are the most diversified plant group in the world, being represented by ca
300,000 species in about 400 families. Like all of Life, including ourselves, they have had …

Angiosperms first appeared during the Early Cretaceous, and within 30 million years they
reigned over many floras worldwide. Associated with this rise to prominence, angiosperms …