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The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification

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Sauquet, Hervé, von Balthazar, Maria, Magallón, Susana, Doyle, James A., Endress, Peter K., Bailes, Emily J., Barroso de Morais, Erica, Bull-Hereñu, Kester, Carrive, Laetitia, Chartier, Marion, Chomicki, Guillaume, Coiro, Mario, Cornette, Raphaël, El Ottra, Juliana H. L., Epicoco, Cyril, Foster, Charles S. P., Jabbour, Florian, Haevermans, Agathe, Haevermans, Thomas, Hernández, Rebeca, Little, Stefan A., Löfstrand, Stefan, Luna, Javier A., Massoni, Julien, Nadot, Sophie, Pamperl, Susanne, Prieu, Charlotte, Reyes, Elisabeth, dos Santos, Patrícia, Schoonderwoerd, Kristel M., Sontag, Susanne, Soulebeau, Anaëlle, Staedler, Yannick, Tschan, Georg F., Wing-Sze Leung, Amy, Schönenberger, Jürg·2017·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms16047
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Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and a series of important palaeobotanical discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of angiosperm diversification. Yet, the origin and early evolution of their most characteristic feature, the flower, remains poorly understood. In particular, the structure of the ancestral flower of all living angiosperms is still uncertain. Here we report model-based reconstructions for ancestral flowers at the deepest nodes in the phylogeny of angiosperms, using the largest data set of floral traits ever assembled. We reconstruct the ancestral angiosperm flower as bisexual and radially symmetric, with more than two whorls of three separate perianth organs each (undifferentiated tepals), more than two whorls of three separate stamens each, and more than five spirally arranged separate carpels. Although uncertainty remains for some of the characters, our reconstruction allows us to propose a new plausible scenario for the early diversification of flowers, leading to new testable hypotheses for future research on angiosperms.

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Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E. J., Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Hereñu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., Cornette, R., El Ottra, J. H. L., Epicoco, C., Foster, C. S. P., Jabbour, F., Haevermans, A., Haevermans, T., Hernández, R., Little, S. A., Löfstrand, S., Luna, J. A., Massoni, J., Nadot, S., Pamperl, S., Prieu, C., Reyes, E., dos Santos, P., Schoonderwoerd, K. M., Sontag, S., Soulebeau, A., Staedler, Y., Tschan, G. F., Wing-Sze Leung, A., & Schönenberger, J.
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Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-08-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
16047-16047
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/ncomms16047
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336
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58
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29.43
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en
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Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E. J., Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Hereñu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., Cornette, R., El Ottra, J. H. L., Epicoco, C., Foster, C. S. P., Jabbour, F., Haevermans, A., Haevermans, T., . . . Schönenberger, J. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

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