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By virtue of their colour and form, flowers are a constant source of aesthetic pleasure and inspiration and they exert a very important, though not always obvious, influence on the design of man-made objects. Biologically they are organs which make mating possible for static individuals which, unlike most higher animals, are unable to move about in search of a partner.
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North, C. (1979). Flower Form and Pollination. In: Plant Breeding and Genetics in Horticulture. Science in Horticulture Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03707-0_3
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