This review is based on a computerised database that I have built up over the past few years
and is intended to provide a catalogue mainly for those palaeopalynologists whose …

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 origin of plants and their colonization of land fundamentally transformed the terrestrial
environment. Here we elucidate the basis of this formative episode in Earth history through …

Aristolochia, a genus in the magnoliid order Piperales, has been famous for centuries for its
highly specialized flowers and wide medicinal applications. Here, we present a new, high …

The fossil record for angiosperm pollen types which are comparable to recent taxa is
evaluated, following a similar survey published in 1970. Special attention is paid to the …

Plants have utterly transformed the planet, but testing hypotheses of causality requires a
reliable time‐scale for plant evolution. While clock methods have been extensively …

Morphological, stratigraphic, and sedimentological analyses of Early Cretaceous pollen and
leaf sequences, especially from the Potomac Group of the eastern United States, support the …

Analyses of physiognomy of Late Cretaceous leaf assemblages and of structural
adaptations of Late Cretaceous dicotyledonous woods indicate that megathermal vegetation …

Fossil data have been interpreted as indicating that Late Cretaceous tropical forests were
open and dry adapted and that modern closed-canopy rain forest did not originate until after …

The origins of angiosperms are still debated, despite many years of work by scientists from
differing disciplines. The progress made toward resolving the problem is reviewed in this …