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Functional significance and optical properties of floral visual signals

Plastids are responsible for photosynthesis, storage of products like starch and for the synthesis of many classes of molecules such as fatty acids and terpenes which are needed as cellular building blocks and/or for the function of the plant.

Iridoplasts, out of the shadows at last

Why can you find colourful plants, where they’re hardest to see? Iridoplasts, an overlooked plastid, improve photosynthesis and look great while doing it.

Annals of Botany

Silica nanoparticles and structural leaf coloration

Blue iridescence is produced by both the helicoidal wall and silica nanoparticles in the helicoid.

Plant Cuttings

Pollia pigmentation pooh-poohed

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Tag: iridescence

Functional significance and optical properties of floral visual signals

Iridoplasts, out of the shadows at last

Silica nanoparticles and structural leaf coloration

Pollia pigmentation pooh-poohed

My favourite colour is structural colour