microrobert
08-18-2015, 05:22 AM
World’s Oldest Flowering Plant Came From the Water
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Scientists have long thought that the first flowering plant in history would be a land plant. Though a few angiosperms (the scientific name for flowering plants) around today occur in the water, most live on land, and it has been generally assumed that these types of plants evolved on terra firma before radiating back out into the water, says Indiana University paleobotanist David Dilcher.
http://www.newsweek.com/worlds-oldest-flowering-plant-came-water-363720
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Scientists have long thought that the first flowering plant in history would be a land plant. Though a few angiosperms (the scientific name for flowering plants) around today occur in the water, most live on land, and it has been generally assumed that these types of plants evolved on terra firma before radiating back out into the water, says Indiana University paleobotanist David Dilcher.
http://www.newsweek.com/worlds-oldest-flowering-plant-came-water-363720