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Early angiosperm evolution, beginning approximately 140 million years ago, saw many innovations that enabled ow- ering plants to alter ecosystems globally. These included the development of novel, ower-based pollinator attrac- tion mechanisms and …

Angiosperms dominate almost every ecosystem globally, and for the vast majority, flowering is vital to successful reproduction, yet little work has characterized the dynamics of water use during flowering and its impacts on the reproductive biology …