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Tinaflora beardiae, Digitized

Top down view of a 3D model of Tinaflora. Different structures of the plant are represented by different colours.

Credit: Atkinson, Stockey, Rothwell, Mindell, and Bolton

The original specimen of Tinaflora beardiae was sliced up and studied using the acetate peel method. Scientists used the many slices to reconstruct a 3-D image of the flower’s different structures, such as pollen sacs and ovaries.

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