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Flowering plants

      The flowering plants (angiosperms), also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies (derived characteristics). These characteristics include flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from gymnosperms around 245–202 million years ago, and the first flowering plants known to exist are from 140 million years ago. They diversified enormously during the Lower Cretaceous and became widespread around 100 million years ago, but replaced conifers as the dominant trees only around 60–100 million years ago.

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Craigia bronnii MP242
Craigia bronnii MP244
Craigia bronnii MP235
Craigia bronnii MP243
Craigia bronnii MP231
Craigia bronnii MP233
Crataegus pirskenbergensisHably et al. (2000), Pl. 2, fig. 11foto MP62
Crataegus pirskenbergensis MP150
Crataegus pirskenbergensisKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 7, fig. 3 MP3
Crataegus pirskenbergensisKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 7, fig. 4 MP1
Crataegus pirskenbergensis MP65
Crataegus pirskenbergensisAD, Knobloch et al. (1994), fig. 9 MP64
Crataegus pirskenbergensisKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 7, fig. 2 MP2
CrataegusBůžek (1971), Pl. 26, fig. 15, 16 ČB360
Cyclocarya cyclocarpa (Schlechtendal) KnoblochBůžek, Holý, Kvaček (1976) Pl. V, fig. 7 ČB716
Cyclocarya cyclocarpa (Schlechtendal) Knobloch EK319
Cyclocarya cyclocarpa (Schlechtendal) Knobloch EK318
Cyclocarya cyclocarpa (Schlechtendal) Knobloch EK317
CyclocaryaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 8, fig. 4 MP47
CyclocaryaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 8, fig. 1 MP46
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