Answer: Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol. Magnolia is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees did, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are extremely tough. Fossilized specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae date to 95 million years ago. Another aspect of Magnolia considered to represent an ancestral state is that the flower bud is enclosed in a bract rather than in sepals; the perianth parts are undifferentiated and called tepals rather than distinct sepals and petals. Magnolia shares the tepal characteristic with several other flowering plants near the base of the flowering plant lineage such as Amborella and Nymphaea.
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number 2 because the colour doesnt matter
I believe it is natural selection. Natural selection is when over a period of time, traits that are formed to help the organism survive, are passed to the next generation. For example, if there were two types of rabbits. One had black fur and the other was white. They both lived in the artic. The black furred rabbits are mostly eaten by predators because their black fur is easily seen against the ice and snow. Over a period of time, the black furred rabbit would die out. The next generation would mostly have white fur to help them survive.
