Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28228540›Full record

ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2017

Functional optics of glossy buttercup flowers.

Casper J van der Kooi, J Theo M Elzenga, Jan Dijksterhuis, Doekele G Stavenga

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Bees, flowers and UV.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025
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  9. Petal Cellular Identities.Frontiers in plant science · 2021
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  11. The thermal ecology of flowers.Annals of botany · 2019
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  13. Colour preferences of Tetragonula carbonaria Sm. stingless bees for colour morphs of the Australian native orchid Caladenia carnea.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2019
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  14. Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2019
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  20. Dazzled by shine: gloss as an antipredator strategy in fast moving prey.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Casper J van der KooiComputational Physics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands casper.vanderkooi@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-0613-7633
J Theo M ElzengaPlant Ecophysiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jan DijksterhuisCBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Doekele G StavengaComputational Physics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands d.g.stavenga@rug.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-2518-6177

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Buttercup (

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Models, TheoreticalPigmentationFlowersOptics and PhotonicsPlant EpidermisRanunculusepidermisflower colourpigmentstarchstructural colorationthin-film interference

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PMID28228540
PMCPMC5332578

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