Extraordinary accuracy in floret position of Helianthus annuus

Divergence angles were measured for inflorescences of Helianthus annuus with several hundreds to more than a thousand disk flowers. Quantitative analysis showed that the angles are robustly fixed in the vicinity of the ideal golden angle 137.508° as accurately as ~0.001°. The mean deviation from the id...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takuya Okabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2015-03-01
Series:Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
Subjects:
Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/4226