ABSTRACT It is well known that flowers use scents to attract pollinators and that these fragrances are composed of a mixture of different chemical compounds, many of which form the basis of perfumes and colognes we use today. An examination of fossil flowers in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and mid-Tertiary Dominican amber revealed a range of secretory tissues in the form of nectaries, glandular trichomes, eliaphores and osmophores. These tissues most certainly secreted liquids and volatiles to attract pollinators, just as they do in modern flowers. The morphological similarities of secretory tissues found on fossil flowers dating back to 100 mya to those of their present day descendants suggests that ancient and modern flowers may have produced similar essences, including those used in the production of today’s perfumes and colognes.

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古老的花香分泌组织提供今天的香味

摘要 众所周知，花朵使用香味来吸引传粉者，而这些香味由不同化合物的混合物组成，其中许多构成了我们今天使用的香水和古龙水的基础。对白垩纪中期缅甸琥珀和第三纪中期多米尼加琥珀中的化石花进行的检查揭示了一系列以蜜腺、腺毛状体、毛囊和渗透压细胞形式存在的分泌组织。这些组织肯定会分泌液体和挥发物来吸引传粉者，就像它们在现代花卉中所做的那样。在可追溯到 100 mya 的化石花上发现的分泌组织与其现代后代的分泌组织的形态相似性表明，古代和现代的花朵可能产生了相似的精华，包括用于生产今天的香水和古龙水的精华。