A new discovery shows major flowering plants are 150 million years older than previously thought
- Written by Byron Lamont, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Plant Ecology, Curtin University
Prof Shuo Wang/Shi et al., 2022, Author providedA major group of flowering plants that are still around today, emerged 150 million years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study published today in Trends in Plant Science. This means flowering plants were around some 50 million years before the dinosaurs.
The plants in question are...
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