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

Liquidambar europaea ČB450	Liquidambar europaea ČB455	Liquidambar europaea ČB444	Liquidambar europaea ČB247	Parrotia pristina ČB446
Parrotia pristina ČB250	Rosa lignitum MP152	Rosacea MP159	Smilax weberi MP129	Typha latissima MP133
Typha latissima MP134	Typha latissima MP135	Ulmus fischeri MP60	Zelkova ungeri p2668	Zelkova ungeri p2630

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