Distinguish between petals and petaloids

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Petal is the part of the flower which is the non-essential whorls that are brightly colored to attract insects for pollination process.
Petaloid is when the perianth is non-green i.e. when petals and sepals appear to be undifferentiated. Petaloid is resembling the petal of a flower.
Example, Michelia sps

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