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 …

In flowering plants, the haploid gamete-forming generation comprises only a few cells and
develops within the reproductive organs of the flower. The female gametophyte has become …

New morphological and phylogenetic data prompt us to present an updated review of floral
morphology and its evolution in the basal ANITA grade of living angiosperms …

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

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 …

Although the relationship of angiosperms to other seed plants remains controversial, great
progress has been made in identifying the earliest extant splits in flowering-plant phylogeny …

The first three branches of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree consist of eight families with∼
201 species of plants (the ANITA grade). The oldest flower fossil for the group is dated to the …

The present classification of extant flowering plants (Magnoliopsida) updates and revises
those presented previously by bringing together the vast majority of new information …

Inferences on the origin of the angiosperm flower require consideration of other seed plants,
especially fossils. Molecular data favor a relationship of Gnetales to conifers rather than to …

The origin and rapid diversification of flowering plants has puzzled evolutionary biologists,
dating back to Charles Darwin. Since that time a number of key life history and …