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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
Carpolithus EK404
Carpolithus EK400
Carpolithus EK395
Carpolithus EK394
Carpolithus EK393
Carya fragiliformis (Sternberg) Kvaček et Walther EK313
Carya fragiliformis (Sternberg) Kvaček et Walther EK314
Carya fragiliformis (Sternberg) Kvaček et Walther EK315
Carya fragiliformis (Sternberg) Kvaček et Walther EK316
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855) MP165
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855) MP168
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)Bůžek (1971), Pl. 12, fig. 4 ČB122
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)Bůžek (1971), Pl. 12, fig. 8 ČB142
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855) MP151
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)foto MP158
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855) MP167
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)AD, Knobloch (1994), Pl. 1, fig. 7 MP66
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855) MP170
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)Bůžek (1971), Pl. 12, fig. 6 ČB117
Carya serraefolia (Goeppert, 1855)Bůžek (1971), Pl. 12, fig. 10 ČB123
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