Charles Darwin's frustration with the evolutionary origin of flowering plants--he called it "an abominable mystery"--stood for more than a century, as hypotheses, like flowers, bloomed and faded.

From towering trees and colorful garden flowers to crops like wheat, rice and fruits, angiosperms —or flowering plants — are everywhere, shaping ecosystems and feeding both humans and animals. Recent ...

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

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 ...

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