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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
Engelhardia EK309
Engelhardia EK310
Engelhardia EK311
Engelhardia ČB539
Eotrigonobalanus furcinervisBubík, Kvaček MB5
Ettingshausenia senonensisfoto p1820
Ettingshausenia senonensisfoto p1837
Ettingshausenia senonensisAD, Knobloch (1964) p2943
Ettingshausenia senonensisKnobloch (1964), Pl. 2, fig. 4foto p2960
Ettingshausenia senonensisKnobloch (1964), Pl. 1, fig. 3 p2945
Ettingshausenia senonensisKnobloch (1964), Pl. 2, fig. 4 p2973
Eucalyptus geinitzi p3997
Eurya stigmosaKnobloch, 19 , Pl. I, fig. 13 EK234
Ficus cotinifolius RS69
Ficus lanceolata p2676
Ficus lobkowitziiBůžek (1971), Pl. 42, fig. 12, 13 ČB222
Ficus multinervisBůžek (1971), Pl. 48, fig. 5, 6 ČB1
FicusAD Bůžek (1971) ČB38
FicusAD Bůžek (1971) ČB33
FicusAD Bůžek (1971) ČB36

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