Hummingbirds and flowers. Different varieties of the

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Hummingbirds and flowers. Different varieties of the tropical flower Heliconia are fertilized by different species of hummingbirds. Over time, the lengths of the flowers and the form of the hummingbirds beaks have evolved to match each other. Here are data on the lengths in millimeters of three varieties of these flowers on the island of Dominica:33 H. bihai 47.12 46.75 46.81 47.12 46.67 47.43 46.44 46.64 48.07 48.34 48.15 50.26 50.12 46.34 46.94 48.36 H. caribaea red 41.90 42.01 41.93 43.09 41.47 41.69 39.78 40.57 39.63 42.18 40.66 37.87 39.16 37.40 38.20 38.07 38.10 37.97 38.79 38.23 38.87 37.78 38.01 H. caribaea yellow 36.78 37.02 36.52 36.11 36.03 35.45 38.13 37.1 35.17 36.82 36.66 35.68 36.03 34.57 34.63 Make boxplots to compare the three distributions. Report the five-number summaries along with your graph. What are the most important differences among the three varieties of flowers?