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Introduction-Major trends in the study of early flower evolution.- Origin of the angiosperm flower: a phylogenetic perspective.- Angiosperm floral structures from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal.- Palaeobotanical evidence on the early radiation of magnoliid angiosperms.- Flowers of Turonian Magnoliidae and their implications.- Patterns of floral evolution in the early diversification of non-magnoliid dicotyledons (eudicots).- Elsemaria, a Late Cretaceous angiosperm fructification from Hokkaido, Japan.- Ontogeny of staminate and carpellate flowers of Schisandra glabra (Schisandraceae).- Floral aspects of Barclaya (Nymphaeaceae): pollination, ontogeny and structure.- Evolutionary aspects of the floral structure in Ceratophyllum.- Petal evolution in Ranunculaceae.- Flowers in Magnoliidae and the origin of flowers in other subclasses of the angiosperms. I. The relationships between flowers of Magnoliidae and Alismatidae.- Flowers in Magnoliidae and the origin of flowers in other subclasses of the angiosperms. II. The relationships between flowers of Magnoliidae, Dilleniidae, and Caryophyllidae.- Taxonomic Index.

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