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Flowering plants Temporal range:  Early Cretaceous  -  present ,  130–0  Ma   PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Diversity of Angiosperms Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Embryophyta (unranked): Spermatophyta (unranked): Angiosperms Groups (APG IV) [1] Basal angiosperms Amborellales Nymphaeales Austrobaileyales Core angiosperms magnoliids Chloranthales monocots Ceratophyllales eudicots Synonyms Anthophyta  Cronquist Angiospermae  Lindl. Magnoliophyta  Cronquist ,  Takht.  & W.Zimm. Magnolicae  Takht. The  flowering plants,  also known as  angiosperms ,  Angiospermae   or  Magnoliophyta , the most diverse group of  land plants , with 416  families , approximately 13,164 known  genera  and c. 295,383 known  species .  Like  gymnosperms , angiosperms are  seed-producing plants . However, they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including  flowers ,  endosperm  within the