Spring arrives with a burst of life, but it also comes with a puzzle: those curling leaves on plants that make them look like they’re auditioning for a sculpture contest. While the shapes can seem ...

Researchers in New Zealand say they've identified extensive changes in the growth patterns and timing of the planet's tree leaf activity in the last few decades. Their findings, a first global ...

Pick up a leaf and it is hard not to notice the pattern made by the veins. For years, biologists, mathematicians and even poets and philosophers have tried to decipher the rules and regulations behind ...

Credit: Visualization of a narrow leaf-environment diffuse interface. Credit: Vishnu Muraleedharan, Sajeev C Rajan, Jaishanker R Complexity of biological forms has fascinated humankind over the years.

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 ...

v. 1. Annonaceae.--v. 2. Lauraceae.--v. 3. Myrtaceae.--v. 4. Melastomataceae.--v. 5. Combretaceae.--v. 6. Flacourtiaceae.--v. 7. The classification of leaf venation ...