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Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals

The flowers of poppies (Papaveraceae) exhibit bright colours, despite their thin and floppy petals. We investigated the optical properties of flowers of Papaver rhoeas, P. dubium, Meconopsis cambrica and Argemone polyanthemos using a combined approach of anatomy, spectrophotometry and optical modell...

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Autores principales: van der Kooi, Casper J., Stavenga, Doekele G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6579775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30689019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-018-01313-1