Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5516-5521

  Liang, Haiyi ^a,b   Mahadevana, L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Curvature reversal; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CURVE; HYPOTHESIS; LEAF MIDRIB; LILIUM CASABLANCA; LILY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PETAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

LILIUM;

EID: 79955045337     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007808108     Document Type: Article

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