Architectural Botany notions

Purpose

Plant architectural analysis is introduced step by step from the lowest morphological levels up to the architectural unit concept, illustrated on a specific example.

Preliminary architectural concepts are introduced first.
The different levels of plant structure organization are then presented (phytomer, growth unit, branched system, architectural unit, and whole plant).
Axis typology is introduced from morphological and geometrical traits, whose combinations define architectural models.
Instancing axis typology traits to a specific plant species defines the Architectural Unit.
Lastly, definition of the Architectural Unit is illustrated on a specific plant (wild cherry tree).

This digital pedagogic resource is part of UVED “Plant growth and production dynamics” teaching resource.

Public

Students in biology or interested in plant structure.
No specific background is requested

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Walk through the course, and test your knowledge on plant architectural botany course contents and objectives

Licence

This package is available through Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. A full description of the license can be found here .

References

Barthélémy, D., Caraglio, Y. 2007. Plant Architecture: A Dynamic, Multilevel and Comprehensive Approach to Plant Form, Structure and Ontogeny. Annals of Botany, 99 (3) : pp. 375-407 19 pdf
Jaeger, M., De Reffye, P., Sabatier, S., Caraglio, Y., Krit, H., Lafond, M.H., Letort, V., Heuvelink, E., Motisi, M., Zhang, B. and Kang, M., 2016. Plant growth architecture and production dynamics: A set of e-learning resources. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Functional-Structural Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications (FSPMA), IEEE, pp. 83-89