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In the very first illustration it is claimed that a flower with five petals shows mirror symmetry? How is this possible? — Preceding
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I'm curious what the term for the symmetry of bleeding-hearts is. They have two lines of symmetry, but unlike most flowers with four parts, these two lines of symmetry divide them into two totally different parts. They're not zygomorphic, but I'm not sure if they're actinomorphic. —
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tuon00:07, 20 April 2015 (UTC)reply
We should document that here, a disymmetric flower, e.g.,
here. I think that when I was first taught this material there was no mention of this type of symmetry either, although they are familiar flowers to many people who have gardens. I'd bet it is quite an important difficulty with understanding the descriptions of what zygomorphy is.
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00:27, 20 April 2015 (UTC)reply