Why would plants on an Earth-like planets photosynthesize without using blue-wavelength light?
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According to Wikipedia,
...plants are green because chlorophyll reflects green light. And chlorophyll is found in all plants because it is the molecule that absorbs the light that is used to make sugar.
(Wikibooks, Biology, Answering the Big Questions of Life/Photosynthesis)
I want to make life on my planet interesting, so is there any reason that plant-like organisms on an Earth-like world will evolve to reject green AND blue light (making the leaves cyan)?
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