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SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Iridescent Plants

Plants with iridescent pigmentation.

References (external):

  1. Katherine R. Thomas, Mathias Kolle, Heather M. Whitney, Beverley J. Glover, and Ullrich Steiner
    Function of blue iridescence in tropical understorey plants
    J R Soc Interface. 2010 Dec 6; 7(53): 1699–1707. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098%2Frsif.2010.0201
    Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  2. Beverley J. Glover, Heather M. Whitney
    Structural colour and iridescence in plants: the poorly studied relations of pigment colour
    Annals of Botany, Volume 105, Issue 4, 1 April 2010, Pages 505–511. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcq007
    Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
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data regenerated on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 03:10:36 -0500

6 Accessions:

Begonia pavonina Mapania caudata Microsorum steerei Selaginella willdenowii Strobilanthes dyeriana

  • 1209: Strobilanthes dyeriana - Persian Shield - Acanthaceae
  • 1313: Begonia pavonina - Peacock Begonia - Begoniaceae
  • 3103: Selaginella willdenowii - Wildenow's Spike Fern - Selaginellaceae
  • 3108: Mapania caudata - Mapania caudata - Cyperaceae W/C
  • 3108: Microsorum steerei - Blue Strap Fern - Polypodiaceae
  • 3110: Ctenanthe setosa - Music Paper - Marantaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
= Image(s) Available
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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