chromoplast
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- Function
- Structure and classification
- Evolution
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- Compare plastids
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thumb|upright|The coloration of the petals and [[sepals on the bee orchid is controlled by chromoplasts.]]
Chromoplasts are plastids, heterogeneous organelles responsible for pigment synthesis and storage in specific photosynthetic eukaryotes. It is thought (according to symbiogenesis) that like all other plastids including chloroplasts and leucoplasts they are descended from symbiotic prokaryotes.