A Food Source For Pollinators.[1] In This Way, Many Flowering Plants Have Co-evolved With Pollinators To Be Mutually Dependent On Services They Provide To One Another—in The Plant's Case.
When Pollen From The Anther Of A Flower Is Deposited On The Stigma, This Is Called Pollination. Some Flowers May Self-pollinate, Producing Seed Using Pollen From A Different Flower.
The Flowering Plants Were Thought To Have Evolved From Within The Gymnosperms. However, The Known Gymnosperms Are A Clade Which Is Distinct From The Angiosperms.
Flowers Have Long Been Admired And Used By Humans. Most People Think That Flowers Are Beautiful. Many People Also Love Flowers For Their Fragrances (Scents).
Early fossils of flowers and flowering plants are known from 130 million years ago, in the Lower Cretaceous.flowers had a much longer history, the extent of which is not yet fully known.
People Eat Some Types Of Flowers. Flower Vegetables Include Broccoli, Cauliflower And Artichoke. The Most Expensive Spice, Saffron, Comes From The Crocus Flower.
Some Flowers Produce Diaspores Without Fertilization (Parthenocarpy). After Fertilization, The Ovary Of The Flower Develops Into Fruit Containing Seeds.