Phyllotactic Structures in Radially Growing Spatial Symmetry Breaking Systems

Author(s): G. Facchini, M. A. Budroni, G. Schuszter, Fabian Brau, and A. De Wit Phyllotactic patterns, where elements such as leaves, seeds, or droplets arrange along alternate spirals, are fascinating examples of complex structures encountered in nature. In botany, their symmetries develop when a new primordium periodically grows in the largest gap left between the previous on… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 018001] Published Tue Jul 01, 2025