Phyllotaxis (nonfiction)

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In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem (from Ancient Greek phýllon "leaf" and táxis "arrangement").[1] Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature.

The term was coined by Charles Bonnet to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant.[2]