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Was Charles Darwin right in his explanation of the ‘abominable mystery’?

Author(s) -

Sergio Sgorbati,

Marco D’Antraccoli,

Sandra Citterio,

Rodolfo Gentili,

Lorenzo Peruzzi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

italian botanist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2531-4033

DOI - 10.3897/ib.5.24699

Subject(s) - darwin (adl) , charles darwin , fossil record , darwinism , branching (polymer chemistry) , biology , paleontology , genealogy , geography , evolutionary biology , history , materials science , systems engineering , engineering , composite material

The site and time of origin of angiosperms are still debated. The co-occurrence of many of the early branching lineages of flowering plants in a region somewhere between Australia and the SW Pacific islands suggests a possible Gondwanan origin of angiosperms. The recent recognition of Zealandia, a 94% submerged continent in the east of Australia, could explain the discrepancy between molecular clocks and fossil records about the age of angiosperms, supporting the old Darwinian hypothesis of a “lost continent” to explain the “abominable mystery” regarding the origin and rapid radiation of flowering plants.

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