This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Using the plant model Arabidopsis, the relationship between day length, the size of the shoot apical meristem, and the robustness of ...

Bolle's phyllotactic theory is enhanced here in the light of recent works which underline the importance of vascular organization in the determination of phyllotactic patterns. It is emphasized that ...

According to Charles Darwin, attempts to explain the mathematical patterns of phyllotaxis — the arrangements of leaves or florets on a plant stem — could “drive the sanest man mad”. That hasn't served ...

The spiral pattern of an Aloe polyphylla plant at the University of California Botanical Garden. Stan Shebs via Wikicommons under CC BY-SA 3.0 To the untrained eye, plants may appear to grow rather ...