Anthophyta
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The anthophytes were thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.
Detailed morphological and molecular studies have shown that the group is not actually monophyletic.[1] This makes it easier to reconcile molecular clock data that suggests that the angiosperms diverged from the gymnosperms around .[2]
Phylogeny of anthophytes and gymnosperms, from [1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Crepet, W. L. (2000). "Progress in understanding angiosperm history, success, and relationships: Darwin's abominably "perplexing phenomenon"". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97: 12939. doi:. PMID 11087846.
- ^ Nam J. et al (2003). "Antiquity and Evolution of the MADS-Box Gene Family Controlling Flower Development in Plants". Mol. Biol. Evol. 20 (9): 1435–1447. doi:. PMID 12777513.
