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An Overview of Plant Structural Colour

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Structural colours are well known in the animal kingdom, where they are responsible for striking colours such as a peacock’s elaborate tail, the iridescent wing casings of a scarab beetle, and the vivid blue wings of a Morpho butterfly. However, structural colour in the plant kingdom has rarely been studied and is poorly understood. While it was originally thought to be a rare occurence in plants, we have so far identified structural colour in about half of the orders of flowering plants. Using a combination of optical analyses, molecular biology, phylogenetics and insect vision experiments, we will shed light on the evolution of structural colour in plants.

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