Chinese money plant leaves reveal Voronoi diagram pattern in vein formation study
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Alex Music
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Researchers have discovered that the leaves of the Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides) display a geometric pattern called a Voronoi diagram, as reported in Nature Communications. The pattern may form as waves of a plant hormone spread through the leaves, with tiny water-secreting pores appearing to organize the major veins into this mathematical arrangement. This finding could reveal how some leaf veins form in plants.
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· 3 pulledThe leaves of the Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides) display a geometric pattern called a Voronoi diagram, researchers report May 12 in Nature Communications.
That pattern may form as waves of a plant hormone spread through the leaves.
Tiny water-secreting pores appear to organize the major veins of the plant leaves into an arrangement known as a Voronoi diagram.
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