Leaf shape analysis using the multiscale Minkowski fractal dimension, a new morphometric method: A study with Pass flora (Passifloraceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-301

  De Oliveira Plotze, Rodrigo ^a   Falvo, Maurício ^a   Pádua, Juliano Gomes ^a   Bernacci, Luís Carlos ^b   Vieira, Maria Lúcia Carneiro ^a   Oliveira, Giancarlo Conde Xavier ^a   Bruno, Odemir Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Image processing; Morphometry; Passiflora; Plant taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRACTALS; GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

DIGITAL IMAGES; LEAF SHAPE ANALYSIS; MINKOWSKI FRACTALS; MORPHOMETRIC METHOD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA AMETHYSTINA; PASSIFLORA CAERULEA; PASSIFLORA CORIACEA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORA FOETIDA; PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS; PASSIFLORA MIERSII; PASSIFLORA ORGANENSIS; PASSIFLORA POHLII; PASSIFLORA SUBEROSA; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 18444391532     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-002     Document Type: Article

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