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Abstract
Computer simulations of model plants are used to assess the influence of leaf shape, size, and pattern of arrangement (= phyllotaxy) on the direct solar radiation intercepted by leaf surfaces. Changes in phyllotaxy significantly influence light interception (and, by inference, net assimilation rate) for rosette growth habits. However, changes in leaf shape and orientation and in stem length can compensate for the negative effects of leaf overlap produced by phyllotactic patterns. Phyllotaxy is viewed as a developmental limiting factor in photobiology that may necessitate compensatory changes in other morphological features not directly controlled by patterns of leaf initiation. This distinguishes it from functioning as a "developmental constraint" sensu stricto and may provide a paradigm for other features in plant evolution. © 1988 The Society for the Study of Evolution.Year: 1988 PMID： 28563849 DOI： 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04103.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Evolution ISSN： 0014-3820 Impact factor: 3.694