Clade of seed-bearing plants
The glossophytes are a clade of seed plants comprising the glossopterids and their descendants. This includes the Gnetales and angiosperms, as well as Bennettitales.[1]
Their monophyly is rather well supported by molecular methods, although their internal relationships are somewhat more shaky.[1]
The clade had diverged by the Permian, when glossopterids appear in the fossil record.[1]
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