Angiosperms (flowering plants) surpassed gymnosperms by the middle of the Cretaceous period, approximately 100 million years ago (Ma), in the late Mesozoic era.

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  5.9.1: Kingdom Plantae - Evolution and Phylogeny

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• Gymnosperms concept
• Angiosperms concept
• Flowering plants concept