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      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
PoacitesKvaček, Teodoridis, Zajícová (2015) Pl. 5, fig. 7 EK255
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 23 ČB324
Podogonium oehningenseAD Bůžek (1971) ČB307
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 3 ČB152
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971) Pl. 51, fig. 7 ČB2
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 13 ČB328
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 14, 24 ČB321
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 19 ČB318
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 6 ČB148
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 1 ČB151
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 10 ČB306
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 12 ČB302
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 8 ČB7
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 5 ČB5
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 8 ČB312
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 5 ČB8
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 10 ČB325
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 2 ČB9
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 51, fig. 4 ČB149
Podogonium oehningenseBůžek (1971), Pl. 50, fig. 17 ČB298

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