Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 2CCQ
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The consequences if the leaves are radially symmetric.
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Phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on the stem and the arrangement is either alternate, spiral, opposite or whorled. The leaves that are alternate or spirally arranged have only one leaf per node. But if the leaf is found on opposite sides, then each node can have two leaves.
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