A study published in the journal Nature Plants has unveiled new perspectives on the evolution of flowering plants.

This graphic shows key events in the establishment of a land flora. These were the primordial terrestrialization event by a unicellular ancestral charophyte followed by evolution of a novel cell ...

The study, published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, calls into question existing theories on the evolution of land plants. The researchers say the fossil ages ...

Evolution of land plants (simplified chart). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the ...

This book reexamines patterns of relationship among plant life history traits in phylogenetic perspective. The reexamination first recognizes that because evolution is a branching process, traits are ...