Dear Editor,Gymnosperms,naked-seed plants,are phylogenetically sister to the flowering plants(angiosperms),of which the origin can be traced back to the Devonian period.Despite their f lourishing diversity in the Meso...Dear Editor,Gymnosperms,naked-seed plants,are phylogenetically sister to the flowering plants(angiosperms),of which the origin can be traced back to the Devonian period.Despite their f lourishing diversity in the Mesozoic era,only∼1000 living species of gymnosperms exist in the modern flora(∼0.4%of the number of angiosperms)[1].However,they account for at least 39%of the world’s forests[2]and hold great economic and cultural importance in horticulture,medicine,and the timber industry[3].展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor,Gymnosperms,naked-seed plants,are phylogenetically sister to the flowering plants(angiosperms),of which the origin can be traced back to the Devonian period.Despite their f lourishing diversity in the Mesozoic era,only∼1000 living species of gymnosperms exist in the modern flora(∼0.4%of the number of angiosperms)[1].However,they account for at least 39%of the world’s forests[2]and hold great economic and cultural importance in horticulture,medicine,and the timber industry[3].
