Talk:Botany/Magnoliophyta

added some stuff. Tried to not anthropomorphize the subject, and did not precisely succeed. Maybe I could try and make a simple visual chart showing co-evolution in hummingbirds and the flowers, with say three steps to show how the flowers evolved to be longer to better rub pollen on the bird, and the birds' beak evolved longer to better suck out more nectar- I could discuss how perhaps many different taxa of birds fed on the flower, but when the long flower became prevalent, only the birds that would evolve longer beaks to suck all of the nectar would still find it worth their while to go after those flowers. I can see myself going a little lamarkian if I'm not careful. Or even if I am.
 * I like the start. Develop it how you think best. I will likely do some editing, and may even move it to a different part of the textbook (for example, Chapter 5) if it seems to require that.  But for now, keep going with your ideas - marsh 18:31, 8 December 2005 (UTC)