TL;DR
This paper proposes an evolutionary explanation for phyllotaxis, showing that Fibonacci-based leaf arrangements are advantageous due to fewer transitions during plant growth.
Contribution
It introduces a mechanism explaining why Fibonacci patterns are favored in plant leaf arrangements, linking pattern stability to evolutionary advantage.
Findings
Fibonacci phyllotaxis minimizes the number of transitions during growth
Fibonacci patterns have a selective advantage in evolution
The proposed mechanism explains the prevalence of Fibonacci arrangements
Abstract
We propose an evolutionary mechanism of phyllotaxis, regular arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. It is shown that the phyllotactic pattern with the Fibonacci sequence has a selective advantage, for it involves the least number of phyllotactic transitions during plant growth.
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