Phyllotaxy
Rolf Rutishauser, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Peisl, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002057
Abstract
Phyllotaxy (phyllotaxis) is the mode of arrangement of leaves, scales, or bracts with flowers along the plant stem. Phyllotaxy
research deals with the study of biological pattern formation (morphogenesis); it answers questions such as what the shoot
apical meristem (SAM) does and how it does it.
Keywords: Fibonacci systems; Lucas systems; pattern formation; phyllotaxy theories; shoot apical meristem; whorls
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