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Pathological ramification of leaves and the pyramid model of plant construction

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Pathological morphogenesis on leaves of Fraxinus ornus (ash) and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) under the influence of mites (Aceria fraxinivora and Eriophyes cladophthirus respectively) leads to a range of structures whose morphology and development cannot be reduced to the classical categories of plant morphology, but present a heterogeneous continuum which links fundamental structural categories. These findings support the pyramid model of plant construction.

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  1. Laboratoire de Cécidologie, UA 1182 Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique Université Louis Pasteur, 67083, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Ming Anthony

  2. Biology Department, McGill University, H3A 1B1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Rolf Sattler

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Anthony, M., Sattler, R. Pathological ramification of leaves and the pyramid model of plant construction. Acta Biotheor 38, 165–170 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047238

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