Angiosperms, also known as flowering plants, represent the most diverse group of seed plants, and their origin and evolution ...

The angiosperms are the most recently derived plant group, originating some 160 million years ago and becoming widespread around 120 million years ago. Angiosperm means “enclosed seed,” referring to ...

If you looked up 66 million years ago you might have seen, for a split second, a bright light as a mountain-sized asteroid burned through the atmosphere and smashed into Earth. It was springtime and ...

International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 180, No. 2 (FEBRUARY 2019), pp. 93-127 (35 pages) Premise of research. Small angiosperm fossils are diverse in Early Cretaceous mesofossil floras from ...

This cross section of a sequoia in Yosemite National Park in California has markers identifying the dates of tree rings. Jared Farmer What and where are the oldest known trees on the planet? If you ...

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction to angiosperms; 2. The nature of the angiosperm fossil record; 3. The environmental context of early angiosperm evolution; 4. Stratigraphic ...

Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees. Plant Physiology 172:661-677. Li S, Lens F, Espino S, et al 2016. Intervessel pit membrane thickness ...