Phyllotactic Patterns: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Denis Barabé and Christian Lacroix - 2020

World Scientific, 2020. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. People have observed and analyzed regular leaf arrangements on plants since ancient times, say Barabé and Lacroix, but only during the 19th century did botanists coin the term phyllotaxis for the phenomenon and phyllotactic analysis for the study of it. They review the current state of the field, which includes contributions from morphology, development, biochemistry, molecular genetics, biophysics, and evolution. Their topics are phyllotactic parameters, dynamical models, statistical and probabilistic approaches, the role of genes in the framework of biochemical and molecular models, biophysical aspects of phyllotaxis, and critical analysis and state of the discipline. (2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)