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Summary The dark purple flower in the umbel of Daucus and the black spot on the umbel of Artedia have been shown to play a significant role in the pollination of these umbelliferae, because they attract the fly pollinators by their mimicry of resting insects.
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D. Eisikowitch (1980) studied this question.
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