1. A sample of woody angiosperm species was used to test a central prediction of the 'leafing intensity premium' hypothesis: higher leafing intensity (number of leaves produced per unit dry mass of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pyrenees fossils suggest the Montsechia lived up to 130 million years ago and is the earliest known example of a fully submerged aquatic flowering plant Editor's note: The following essay is reprinted ...

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Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 71, No. 2, Historical Perspectives of Angiosperm Evolution (1984), pp. 577-592 (16 pages) The author's contributions to the problem of angiosperm origin ...