Monday, April 20, 2009

What is the adaptive value of flowers to plants?

Flowers take a certain amount of energy to produce, naturally, and are far less resilient than cones or usually the tree itself. Where they excel is in attracting and influencing other environmental conditions to greatly enhance distribution and collection of pollen.





Flowers, for example, might be shaped to increase and direct wind speed - one of the primary pollen vectors. Many are coloured and shaped to attract birds and insects - the other main vectors. They don%26#039;t CREATE the wind or insects, but they facilitate the relationship with them.





Still, any plant without flowers has to either probably alter itself in its entirety to experience those more beneficial relationships or do without them altogether. Which explains why flowering plants are so much more successful except in environments where those environmental factors don%26#039;t much come into play overall.
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FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersThe adaptive value of flowers to plants has to do with nitrogen fixation in the cells that create pigments. Each color designates a particular evolved state for a certain area.Shoes

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