| 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.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant
Paliurus tiliaefolius | | | | p3647 | Paradiospyroxylon kvacekii Koutecký & Sakala, 2022 | Koutecký et al. (2022), Fig. 2-4, 7 | | | XYL12 | Paradiospyroxylon kvacekii Koutecký & Sakala, 2022 | Koutecký et al. (2022), Fig. 2-4, 7 | | | XYL13 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 2 | | | ČB446 | Parrotia pristina | | | | p2502 | Parrotia pristina | AD Bůžek (1971) | | | ČB449 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 11 | | | ČB254 | Parrotia pristina | | | | p2558 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 7 | | | ČB454 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 4 | | | ČB463 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 5; text. fig. 4c | | | ČB458 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), text. fig. 4b | | | ČB443 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 12 | | | ČB253 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 1 | | | ČB392 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 9 | | | ČB453 | Parrotia pristina | AD Bůžek (1971) | | | ČB466 | Parrotia pristina | AD Bůžek (1971) | | | ČB452 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 10 | | | ČB250 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 5 | | | ČB460 | Parrotia pristina | Bůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 3 | | | ČB456 |
|