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      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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Paliurus tiliaefolius p3647
Paradiospyroxylon kvacekii Koutecký & Sakala, 2022Koutecký et al. (2022), Fig. 2-4, 7 XYL12
Paradiospyroxylon kvacekii Koutecký & Sakala, 2022Koutecký et al. (2022), Fig. 2-4, 7 XYL13
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 2foto ČB446
Parrotia pristina p2502
Parrotia pristinaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB449
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 11 ČB254
Parrotia pristina p2558
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 7 ČB454
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 4 ČB463
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 5; text. fig. 4c ČB458
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), text. fig. 4b ČB443
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 12 ČB253
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 1 ČB392
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 9 ČB453
Parrotia pristinaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB466
Parrotia pristinaAD Bůžek (1971) ČB452
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 16, fig. 10foto ČB250
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 5 ČB460
Parrotia pristinaBůžek (1971), Pl. 17, fig. 3 ČB456
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