phyllotaxis

thumb |275px |Crisscrossing spirals of Aloe polyphylla

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Leaf arrangement
Repeating spiral
History
Plant physiology
Mathematics
In art and architecture
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thumb |275px |Crisscrossing spirals of Aloe polyphylla

In botany, phyllotaxis () or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature.

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