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Annals of Botany, doi:10.1093/aob/mcl047
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received December 9, 2005
Revised December 22, 2005
Accepted January 22, 2006

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Anodic Asymmetry of Leaves and Flowers and its Relationship to Phyllotaxis

ROBERT W. KORN 1 *

1 Department of Biology, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Rd, Louisville, KY 40205, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
ROBERT W. KORN, E-mail: rkorn{at}bellarmine.edu


  Abstract

• Background and Aims New approaches are needed to evaluate the various hypotheses of phyllotaxis, and an examination of anodic leaf asymmetry may be one such approach.

• Methods Data were collected on the direction of midrib curvature and leaf coil in Syngonium podophyllum, the location of floral buds in Acalypha virginica, the position of secondary leaves of Croton variegatus ‘Banana’ and the relative size of half-lamina in Aglaonema crispum and Calathea ornata.

• Key Results All five features were exclusively anodic with respect to the direction of the genetic spiral regardless of whether the spiral was clockwise or counterclockwise.

• Conclusions Any phyllotactic mechanism must include some asymmetric component which cannot be explained by the prevalent hypotheses of contact parastichies, inhibitory fields, available space, pressure waves and auxin transport. The most favourable hypothesis is the primary vasculature explanation as it includes an asymmetric feature.

Keywords: Acalypha virginica, Aglaonema crispum, anodic, asymmetry, Calathea ornata, Croton variegatus, phyllotaxy, secondary leaves, Syngonium podophyllum.
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