Cosma Home > Communication > Knowledge > Realm > Terrestrial > Sphere > Life > Plant > Flower
Spotlight
Note: This is a 360° Video — press and hold to explore it!
Top Places to see Flowers (World Love Flowers)
Related
Pages
Terrestrial (Earth)
Sphere Land, Ice, Water (Ocean), Air, Life (Cell, Gene, Microscope)
Ecosystem Forest, Grassland, Desert, Arctic, Aquatic
Tree of Life
Microorganism
Plant Flower, Tree
Animal
Invertebrate Octopus, Ant, Bee, Butterfly, Spider, Lobster
Vertebrate Fish, Seahorse, Ray, Shark, Frog, Turtle, Tortoise, Dinosaur
Bird, Ostrich, Owl, Crow, Parrot
Mammal Bat, Rabbit, Giraffe, Camel, Horse, Elephant, Mammoth
Whale, Dolphin, Walrus, Seal, Polar Bear, Bear, Cat, Tiger, Lion, Dog, Wolf
Monkey, Chimpanzee, Human
Resources
These are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma. More…
General
Portal
Dictionary
flower : : the specialized part of an angiospermous plant that occurs singly or in clusters, possesses whorls of often colorful petals or sepals, and bears the reproductive structures (such as stamens or pistils) involved in the development of seeds and fruit : blossom — Webster
OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in plants that are floral (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds. In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food. — Wikipedia
Introduction
Flowering Plants (OneZoom Tree of Life EXplorer)
Flowering Plants, Angiosperms (Tree of Life Web Project)
Search
Science
Technology
Cyborg Roses Wired with Self-Growing Circuits (Tia Ghose, Live Science)
Electronic plants (Science Advances)
Preservation
History
Flower Meanings and Meanings of Flowers (About Flowers)
Language of flowers (Wikipedia)
Museum
Glass Flowers: The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (Harvard Museum of Natural History)
Glass Flowers (Wikipedia)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
Participation
Education
Parts Of A Flower (Kids Biology)
Course
Crash Course Biology (YouTube Channel)
Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany (The Great Courses Plus)
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Event
World Love Flowers: International guide for all your flower events and gardens
News
Flowers News (Buzzfeed), Phys.org, NPR Archives
Book
Government
Document
Expression
Fun
Hobby
Arts
From Van Gogh To Jeff Koons, Here’s a History of Flowers in Art (Annie Armstrong, Creators)
Visual Arts
Dance
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Music
More…
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.
-
Cells decide when to divide based on their...
on November 16, 2018 at 3:06 pm
Cells replicate by dividing, but scientists still don't know exactly how they decide when to split. Deciding the right time and the right size to divide is critical for cells – if something goes wrong it can have a big impact, such as with cancer, which is basically a disease of uncontrolled cell division. […]
-
Scorpion venom to shuttle drugs into the brain
on November 15, 2018 at 3:20 pm
The Peptides and Proteins lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a paper in Chemical Communications describing the use of a peptide derived from chlorotoxin, found in scorpion venom to carry drugs across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). […]
-
Study provides framework to measure animal and...
on November 15, 2018 at 1:46 pm
Researchers have outlined a plan to detect and report changes in global biodiversity. The monitoring of species traits will improve natural resource management. […]
-
Skipping a few thousand years: Rapid...
on November 14, 2018 at 3:40 pm
Shopping in your supermarket's produce section is like strolling through a museum of humanity's greatest inventions. Perfect ears of golden sweet corn; tomatoes of different sizes, shapes and colors; and spicy jalapeño peppers are all a testament to human ingenuity. You may not consider food an invention, but nearly all foods we eat are the product of thousands of years of constant breeding and selection. […]
-
More flowers around apple orchards can yield...
on November 13, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Apple growers should increase the amount of flowers around their apple orchards if they want to increase their harvest. A new study by researchers from Stockholm University, among others, shows that more pollinators, such as bees and flower flies, are attracted to orchards with flowers – which increase the chance for pollination. […]