Angiosperms

Flowering plants Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - recent, 120–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Magnolia virginiana sweet bay
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Subkingdom:	Embryophyta
(unranked):	Spermatophyta
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Groups (APG IV)
Basal angiosperms Amborellales Nymphaeales Austrobaileyales Core angiosperms magnoliids Chloranthales monocots Ceratophyllales eudicots
Synonyms
Anthophyta Cronquist Angiospermae Lindl. Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. Magnolicae Takht.

See Flowering plant.

The angiosperms include almost all edible plants. The non-angiosperm edibles (pine nut, Ginkgo nut, seaweeds which aren't technically plants...) are the exception rather than the rule. The average person could go quite a while without eating any gymnosperm plants, but almost never has a meal that doesn't include angiosperms.

Angiosperms	Amborella (not edible?) Nymphaeales (water lilies) Austrobaileyales (contains star anise and a few other little-known edibles e.g. Kadsura and Schisandra) magnoliids (Avocado, bay laurel, black pepper, cinnamon, and others) Chloranthales (none edible?) monocots (huge) Ceratophyllum (perhaps edible? not commonly eaten) eudicots (huge)

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