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| Asteraceae, the daisy family, complete with its bumblebee (Bombus) bumbling around on the flower. Now, what is different about the Ailefroide flowers high in the Alps from the Costa Rican high elevation flowers? Yes, the Costa Rican array is full of red tubular flowers, a flower type completely missing from the French alps. Why? Forest versus recently glaciated? No. Extra-tropical versus tropical? No, and the Rocky Mountains of the US are full of red-tubular flowers too. What is different between the Old World and the New World with respect to pollinators? | ||
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