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Images for daffodil story

18 February 2013

Images for the news release 'How the daffodil got its 'trumpet''

Close up of daffodil flower (Credit: Robert Scotland)

Caption:Close-up of a daffodil flower, showing the corona

Credit: OU/Robert Scotland

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Paintings of daffodil development by inhouse botanical artist Rosemary Wise in Plant Sciences, OU

Caption: Paintings of daffodil development by inhouse botanical artist Rosemary Wise, in Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford

Credit: Rosemary Wise/OU

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A field of daffodils in coastal Portugal. (Credit: Robert Scotland)

Caption: The question came from an undergraduate field trip to coastal Portugal, when one of Dr Scotland's students asked where the corona of a daffodil came from. This image was taken during the trip

Credit: OU/Robert Scotland

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A field of daffodils in coastal Portugal, with portrait aspect ratio. (Credit: Robert Scotland)

Caption: Portrait view of the field of daffodils on the Portugese coast

Credit: OU/Robert Scotland

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Dr Robert Scotland in field of daffodils during a trip to coastal Portugal. (Credit: Robert Scotland)

Caption: Dr Robert Scotland on location in Portugal during the trip

Credit: OU/Robert Scotland

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Certain plants related to daffodils, such as lilies of the genus Hymenocallis, have coronas which are made of stamen tissue.

Caption: Some other plants in the same family as daffodils including Hymenocallis festalis (pictured) have a corona that is clearly a modification of the stamens

Credit: OU

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Young daffodil flower just before corona initiates (Credit: Robert Scotland)

Caption: Young daffodil flower dissected from inside the bulb at the developmental stage just before the  corona initiates

Credit: OU/Robert Scotland

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