Paleontologists may be on the verge of solving one of the great mysteries in the history of life on our planet – the origin of angiosperms, the flowering plants. The importance of angiosperms cannot ...

Durham, NC – Flowering plants may be considerably older than previously thought, says a new analysis of the plant family tree. Previous studies suggest that flowering plants, or angiosperms, first ...

We may recognize our world by its flowering plants and trees, but evolutionarily speaking angiosperms are the new kids on the block, coming after epochs when giant fungus ruled the Earth and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In their recent paper published in Nature (2018, 554, 234-238), Lu et al. use phylogenetic approaches to determine the proportion of the ...

High species diversity within a geographic area may be attributed to either recent rapid speciation in a 'cradle' or the gradual accumulation and preservation of species over time in a 'museum'. China ...

Ruolin Wu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Suggested angiosperm ancestors -- Angiosperms : characters and criteria -- Background for the plant fossils -- Flowers from the Early Cretaceous -- Flower-related fossils from the Jurassic -- Trace of ...