The possible and the actual in phyllotaxis: Bridging the gap between empirical observations and iterative models

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-323

  Hotton, Scott ^a,c   Johnson, Valerie ^b   Wilbarger, Jessica ^b   Zwieniecki, Kajetan ^c   Atela, Pau ^b   Golé, Christophe ^b   Dumais, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artichoke; Delaunay triangulation; Dynamical system; Phyllotaxis; Shoot apical meristem; Sunflower; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICHOKE; DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; PHYLLOTAXIS; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM; VORONOI TESSELLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HELIANTHUS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERISTEMS; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

ASTERACEAE; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 33845707704     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-006-0067-9     Document Type: Article

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