Explore: Plant Pattern Formation

of pattern formation deals with the visible, (statistically) orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns in

could create plant growth patterns. Mathematics, physics and chemistry can explain patterns in nature at different levels and scales. Patterns in living

A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable and logical

"Chapter 1 Green Beginnings - Pattern Formation in the Early Plant Embryo". In Timmermans, Marja C. P. (ed.). Plant development (1st ed.). San Diego

systems have attracted much interest as a prototype model for pattern formation. Patterns such as fronts, hexagons, spirals, stripes and dissipative solitons

the specific developmental patterns may vary across different plant species grown in vitro. The progression of organ formation includes distinct morphological

along with a few flowering plants, grow small clumps of cells called gemmae which can detach and grow. Plants use pattern-recognition receptors to recognize

non-meteoritic material to indicate a structure with a geometrical pattern resulting from the formation of a new phase along particular crystallographic planes of

Photinia pageae is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae related to the modern Photinias. The species is known from fossil leaves

aphids to escape as the slit's lips unfold. Insects induce the formation of galls on plants from which they receive various services, such as a source of