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 ...

Biologists have discovered fundamental rules for leaf design that underlie the ability of plants to make leaves that vary enormously in size. Life scientists from UCLA's College of Letters and Science ...

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 ...