Botany: floral fluorescence effect
Botany: floral fluorescence effect
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England: Nature Publishing Group
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The way flowers appear to insects is crucial for pollination. Here we describe an internal light-filtering effect in the flowers of Mirabilis jalapa, in which the visible fluorescence emitted by one pigment, a yellow betaxanthin, is absorbed by another, a violet betacyanin, to create a contrasting fluorescent pattern on the flower's petals. This fi...
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Botany: floral fluorescence effect
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68585175
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68585175
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/437334a
