Two New Flower Species Found Preserved in Burmese Amber paleontology science
, an endangered plant group typical of the unique Cape Fynbos flower, that survives despite frequent wildfires.The fossils show that their flowers, fruits, leaves and pollen have not changed despite 100 million years of evolution during which dinosaurs disappeared, mammals diversified, and climate underwent dramatic changes.
Their special structure and ability to survive almost unchanged shows their special adaptations, particularly those that allow them to survive the ravages of fire, have been particularly successful.Phylica lived alongside diverse other plants and animals. Abbreviations: lv – leaves, fh – feather head, fl – flower. Image credit: ShiThe exquisite preservation of the fossil flowers shows they were also fire-adapted due to being found alongside amber, containing partially burned plants.
“On the sustainability front it is worth remembering that as fires become more frequent in our warming world, we may be able to learn a lot from looking back to a time when wildfires were so frequent that they shaped the evolution of the group of plants that dominate much of today’s world vegetation,” Professor Spicer said.
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