Anthogenesis

/ænθoʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ noun

Definition

The formation, development, and origin of flowers, including all the genetic and developmental processes that create a flower from plant tissue.

Etymology

From Greek 'anthos' (flower) and 'genesis' (origin, creation). This biological term emerged in the 19th century as botanists studied how plants transform vegetative tissue into reproductive flower structures.

Kelly Says

Plants have secret molecular switches that tell them 'stop making leaves, start making flowers'—anthogenesis is the entire process of how those switches work, and scientists have discovered some of these genetic switches now!

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