Style deflection is determined by the handedness of phyllotaxis and auxin-induced differential cell elongation in a species with mirror-image flowers
Caroline F.M. Robertson, Haoran Xue, Marco Saltini, Alice L. M. Fairnie, Dirk Lang, Merijn H. L. Kerstens, Viola Willemsen, Robert A. Ingle, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Eva E. Deinum, Nicola Illing, Michael Lenhard
This study identifies that floral handedness in Cyanella alba is determined by phyllotactic spiral direction and auxin-induced differential cell elongation, not genetics.
Nature Communications · Apr 18, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology