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Tag: Flowers

Taxonomy & Evolution

Botanists say the largest amber-preserved flower is a new species

The flower, first discovered over 150 years ago, has yielded new clues from its pollen.

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaJanuary 12, 2023January 12, 2023
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Close Encounters

Want to save the bees? Pay attention to pathogens and flowers

Researchers at UMass Amherst deploy fluorescent paint, pipettes, tents, tweezers and scissors to trace three-way connection between plants, pathogens and bees

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

The wonders of mixing and matching pigments and colourful flowers

A review in The Biochemist draws attention to the importance of flower pigments to help plants cope with environmental stresses.

by Juniper KissJuly 13, 2021July 13, 2021
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Books

Primroses and primulas aplenty

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 30, 2019July 30, 2019
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Books

Visually stunning: Flora for juvenile – and adult – fauna

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019
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Books

Plant anatomy goes back to its roots (stems, leaves…)

Does “Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy” cover the essentials of developmental plant anatomy? Nigel Chaffey looks over the introductory textbook.

by Nigel ChaffeyAugust 4, 2017August 4, 2017
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Carpenter bee with pollen collected from Night-blooming cereus, paniniokapunahoa, papipi pua (Cactaceae)
Plant Cuttings

Plant-insect relationships, a double-edged sword

Flowering plants have had an intim­ate rela­tion­ship with insects for mil­lions of years. Indeed, this is often cited as an example of co-evolution , par­tic­u­larly with regards to the flowers and their pol­lin­a­tion by the insects. However, this has also given parasites millions of years to adapt too.

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 17, 2015November 17, 2015
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Hawkmoth, Manduca sexta
Articles

Ecologists make their own flowers to study moths

by Alun SaltApril 17, 2015April 16, 2015
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Image: Roberta F./Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Has spring sprung yet?

It’s not just humans waiting for Spring – recent research reveals that microbes are also looking forward to the new growth of plants.

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 2, 2013May 2, 2013
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Image: Jan Moninckx, Moninckx Atlas, 1686–1709.
Plant Cuttings

A blooming marvellous innovation

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 15, 2012November 20, 2012
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Cretaceous flowers of Ericales
Annals of Botany

Cretaceous flowers of Ericales

by botanyoneJune 15, 2012June 7, 2012
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The Meskel daisy, Bidens pachyloma, from Ethiopia
Life

Cerrado ecosystems and the Meskal Daisy on the cover

by Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonDecember 31, 2011December 31, 2011
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  2. Shyam Phartyal on What lies beneath? Botanists find a disconnection between how plants behave above and below ground.January 29, 2023

    Excellent study. An additional flooding treatment could have revealed little more about this above-below ground trait relationship.

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

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