Plant leaves exhibit a great diversity of forms that can be grouped into two types: simple leaves with a single blade, and compound leaves with multiple units called leaflets. A major question for ...

A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...

Photo Slideshow: The Science Behind Leaf Vein Patterns Blonder won the UA Graduate and Professional Student Showcase President's Award for his work, which was published this week online in the journal ...

Next time you go outside, take a minute to look at your local leaf arrangements. You’ll probably notice a few different patterns. In basil plants, each leaf is about 90 degrees — a quarter-turn — from ...

A hydroponic barley study found that nitrogen starvation triggers coordinated photosynthetic remodeling across leaf ages, ...

Leaf arrangement with one leaf per node is called alternate phyllotaxis whereas arrangement with two or more leaves per node is called whorled phyllotaxis. Common alternate types are distichous ...

Houseplant lovers are probably familiar with Chinese money plants, fast-growing perennials known for their coin-shaped leaves. But they might not know that their roundish greenery holds a well-known ...

Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...

New research may have solved the mystery of how leaf vein patterns correlate with use of sunlight, carbon and other nutrients. This knowledge could help scientists better understand the complex carbon ...