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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.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant
Carpinus grandisBůžek (1971), Pl. 15, fig. 8 ČB77
Carpinus grandisKvaček a Walther (2004), text. fig. 6. 16 MP55
Carpinus grandis p2638
Carpinus grandisBůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 3 ČB139
Carpinus grandisKvaček a Walther (2004), text. fig. 6. 3 MP53
Carpinus grandisBůžek (1971), Pl. 15, fig. 10 ČB131
Carpinus grandisAD Bůžek (1971) ČB136
Carpinus grandisBůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 1, 2 ČB140
Carpinus grandis EK358
Carpinus grandis MP197
Carpinus grandis MP191
Carpinus grandis MP143
Carpinus grandisKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 4, fig. 3 MP8
Carpinus grandis EK348
Carpinus grandis EK347
Carpinus grandis EK346
Carpinus grandis EK345
Carpinus grandis EK405
Carpinus mediomontana EK355
Carpinus mediomontana EK353

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