Fossil records indicate that flowering plants first appeared in the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 125 million years ago, and were rapidly diversifying by the Middle Cretaceous, about 100 million years ago.

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  5.9.1: Kingdom Plantae - Evolution and Phylogeny

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• Flowering plants concept