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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
Cyclocarya MP175
Cyclocarya MP220
Cyclocarya MP193
Cyclocarya MP219
CyclocaryaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 8, fig. 3 MP49
CyclocaryaKvaček a Walther (2004), Pl. 8, fig. 2 MP48
CyperusKnobloch, , Pl. III, fig. 12, 13 EK221
Daphnogene cinnamomifolia (BRONGNIART) UNGER EK248
Daphnogene cinnamomifolia (BRONGNIART) UNGERKvaček, Teodoridis, Zajícová (2015) Pl. 5, fig. 4 EK247
Daphnogene lanceolata p3872
Daphnogene lanceolataBůžek, Holý, Kvaček (1976) Pl VII, fig. 4 ČB657
Daphnogene lanceolataBůžek, Holý, Kvaček (1976) Pl VII, fig. 1,2 ČB656
Daphnogene polymorpha p4385
Daphnogene ČB532
Daphnogene ČB564
Daphnogene ČB533
Daphnogene ČB553
Daphnogene ČB566
Daphnogene ČB537
Daphnogene ČB557

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