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Science 31 May 1985:
Vol. 228. no. 4703, pp. 1087 - 1089
DOI: 10.1126/science.228.4703.1087
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The Diversification of the Leguminosae: First Fossil Evidence of the Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae

WILLIAM L. CREPET 1 and D. W. TAYLOR 1

1 Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06268

The legumes are an important group of flowering plants with a poorly documented evolutionary history. New fossil evidence provides data on the timing of the origin of the two derived subfamilies of legumes (the Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae). These data strongly suggest the importance of bee pollinators during a major period of angiosperm diversification.

Submitted on February 4, 1985
Accepted on April 5, 1985


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