Book ID: 73079
Jean, Roger V. and Denis Barabe (eds.)
Symmetry in Plants. 1998.( World Scientific Series in Mathematical Biology and Medicine, 4). illus. LI, 835 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Aims at a better understanding of the phyllotaxis phenomenon. Deals with biological, mathematical, descriptive, causal and systematicphyllotaxis, reflecting the widest possible range of ideas and researchclosely related to phyllotaxis. Divided into 4 parts, the first threeconcern data collecting, pattern recognition and pattern generationrespectively. The fourth part is devoted to problem of origins ofphyllotactic patterns, giving the field of phyllotaxis theuniversality it requires to be fully understood.