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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
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 13 ČB319
Wisteria fallaxAD Bůžek (1971) ČB300
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 4 ČB309
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 10 ČB310
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 14 ČB297
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 3 ČB182
Wisteria fallaxAD Bůžek (1971) ČB329
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 12 ČB382
Wisteria fallaxBůžek (1971), Pl. 25, fig. 11 ČB315
Wisteria fallaxAD Bůžek (1971) ČB317
WisteriaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB345
Zelkova EK289
Zelkova ungerifoto p2630
Zelkova ungeri p2925
Zelkova ungerifoto p2668
Zelkova ungeri p2522
Zelkova zelkovaefoliaBůžek (1971), text. fig. 5a ČB201
Zelkova zelkovaefoliaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB205
Zelkova zelkovaefoliaBůžek (1971), text. fig. 5b ČB197
Zelkova zelkovaefoliaBůžek (1971), Pl. 22, fig. 11 ČB202

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