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Historia naturalis palmarum

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  • In Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

    In his Historia naturalis palmarum, 3 vol. (1823–50; with others), Martius observed that leaves on a plant stem appear to form distinct arrangements, or phyllotaxis, and seem to be arranged in a spiral pattern which follows fixed geometric rules. Martius published numerous other studies, most notably Flora…

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