Category: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)[1]
Basal angiosperms Amborellales Nymphaeales Austrobaileyales Core angiosperms magnoliids Chloranthales monocots Ceratophyllales eudicots
Synonyms
Anthophyta Cronquist[2] Angiospermae Lindl. Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. Magnolicae Takht.[3]

See Flowering plant.

The angiosperms include almost all edible plants. The non-angiosperm edibles (pine nut, Ginkgo nut, ferns, 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.

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