The fungi were of the phylum Glomeromycota, [40] a group that probably first appeared 1 billion years ago and still forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations today with all major land plant groups from …

This article attempts to place key plant innovations in a geological context. It concerns itself only with novel adaptations and events that had a major ecological significance, not those that are of solely …

The fossil history of flowering plants records the development of flowers and other distinctive structures of the angiosperms, now the dominant group of plants on land. The history is controversial as …

Flowering plants are also commonly grown for decorative purposes, with certain flowers playing significant cultural roles in many societies. Out of the "Big Five" extinction events in Earth's history, …

The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (abbreviated KTR), also known as the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (ATR) by authors who consider it to have lasted into the Paleogene, [1] describes the …

Polyploidy is pervasive in plants and some estimates suggest that 30–80% of living plant species are polyploid, and many lineages show evidence of ancient polyploidy (paleopolyploidy) in their …

APG IV system Evolution of angiosperms shown in diagram format, per APG IV The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular -based, system of …

Mesangiospermae is a clade that contains the majority of flowering plants (angiosperms). Mesangiosperms are therefore known as the core angiosperms, in contrast to the three orders of …