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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.

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NymphaeaKnobloch, , Pl. II, fig. 10, 11, 14-16 EK222
NyssaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB346
NyssaBůžek, Holý, Kvaček (1976) ČB708
Nyssa Bůžek, Holý, Kvaček (1976) ČB709
NyssaBůžek (1971), Pl. 48. fig. 10 ČB341
Oleinites maii (Bůžek, Holý et Kvaček) Sachse EK381
Oleinites maii (Bůžek, Holý et Kvaček) Sachse EK382
Oreoroa RS5
Oreoroa RS3
Oreoroa RS65
Oreoroa RS4
Oreoroa RS2
Ostrya atlantidis p2635
Ostrya atlantidisBůžek (1971), Pl. 14, fig. 7 ČB137
Ostrya atlantidis MP223
Ostrya atlantidisBůžek (1971), Pl. 14, fig. 6 ČB385
Ostrya atlantidis MP205
Paliurus tilaefoliusBůžek (1971), Pl. 33, fig. 3 ČB380
Paliurus tilaefoliusBůžek (1971), Pl. 41, fig. 7 ČB282
Paliurus tilaefoliusAD Bůžek (1971) ČB384

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