Researchers in New Zealand say they've identified extensive changes in the growth patterns and timing of the planet's tree leaf activity in the last few decades. Their findings, a first global ...

Pick up a leaf and it is hard not to notice the pattern made by the veins. For years, biologists, mathematicians and even poets and philosophers have tried to decipher the rules and regulations behind ...

A comprehensive analysis of global patterns in leaf size offers an answer to one of the longest-standing questions in plant ecology - why plant leaf size increases at lower latitudes -- scientists now ...

Credit: Visualization of a narrow leaf-environment diffuse interface. Credit: Vishnu Muraleedharan, Sajeev C Rajan, Jaishanker R Complexity of biological forms has fascinated humankind over the years.

A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...

Leaves are enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...

v. 1. Annonaceae.--v. 2. Lauraceae.--v. 3. Myrtaceae.--v. 4. Melastomataceae.--v. 5. Combretaceae.--v. 6. Flacourtiaceae.--v. 7. The classification of leaf venation ...