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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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Smilax EK249
Smilax ČB518
Smilax weberiKvaček a Walther (2004), text. fig. 13. 21 MP18
Smilax weberiBůžek (1971), Pl. 44, fig. 1 ČB353
Smilax weberiKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 19, fig. 7 MP30
Smilax weberifoto MP129
Sophora RS56
Sophora RS58
Sparganium bernarticenseKnobloch, , Pl. I, fig. 1 EK220
Sparganium bernarticenseKnobloch, 19 , Pl. I, fig. 2-7, Pl. II. , fig. 4 EK231
Sterculia crassinerviaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 20, fig. 3 MP11
Sterculia crassinerviaKvaček a Konzalová (1996), Pl. 4, fig. 13 MP68
Sterculia crassinerviaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 20, fig. 4 MP12
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensisKnobloch (1980), Pl. I, fig. 1 EK219
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensisKnobloch ( ) Pl. I, fig. 3 EK215
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensisKnobloch, , Pl. I, fig. 2. EK225
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensis EK232
Symplocos lignitarumKnobloch, , Pl. I, fig. 15-17 EK224
Tilia brassicoides MP123
Tilia brassicoides MP124
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