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Plant Forms & Structures
Leaf shapes, inflorescences, fruit types and plant structures, each drawn as a labelled diagram and tied to a real species by its accepted scientific name.
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Leaf Shapes: A Leaf's Name Is a Phrase, Not a Single Word
Leaf shapes are spelled from parts: 55 terms for outline, tip, base, margin, veins and division, each drawn from its definition, with Flora of China examples.
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"GingkoLeaf" by THOR — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GingkoLeaf.jpg — CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) -
Fibonacci in Nature: The Sunflowers That Break the Sequence
Sunflowers are the classic case of Fibonacci in nature, yet 203 of 768 checked spiral counts were not Fibonacci numbers. What the misses reveal about growth.
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"2013-365-247 Packed With Seeds (9678568718)" by cogdogblog — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-365-247_Packed_With_Seeds_(9678568718).jpg — CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) -
Inflorescence Types: The First Flower to Open Is the Clue
Inflorescence types sorted by the first flower to open: racemose and cymose families, 15 types from raceme to thyrse, with diagrams and Flora of China examples.
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"Titan Arum at Bayreuth University 19" by Fbianh — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titan_Arum_at_Bayreuth_University_19.JPG — CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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