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...
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Language: | English |
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Polish Botanical Society
2015-03-01
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Series: | Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae |
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Online Access: | https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/4226 |