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Climbing Plant Mimics Host Plant Leaves

March 18, 2016Resourcesandrej

Boquila trifoliolata—a vine native to the area that the research pair has discovered, is able to mimic multiple hosts

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-04-vine-mimic-multiple-hosts.html#jCp

Boquila trifoliolata – a climbing vine plant native to Chile and Argentina mimics multiple hosts. The plasticity involves changes in shapes, sizes, and colors of Boquila trifoliolata leaves to mimic precisely leaves of host plants.

Read more at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214002693

 

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