The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...
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Strange parasitic 'mushroom' plant abandoned photosynthesis and somehow flourished
In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...
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Some plants attract pollinators by heating themselves and it’s probably the oldest pollination strategy
We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...
Ivy: Well, these pests are bothering my lovely flowers! Posey: They're pollinating them! It's important. Ivy: Are you sure? It looks like they're just headbutting them. Posey: That's because the ...
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