Veins are a critical component of the plant growth and development system, playing an
integral role in supporting and protecting leaves, as well as transporting water, nutrients, and …

Despite substantial variation in leaf vein architectures among angiosperms, a typical
hierarchical network pattern is shared within clades. Functional demands (eg, hydraulic …

Beyond facilitating transport and providing mechanical support to the leaf, veins have
important roles in the performance and productivity of plants and the ecosystem. In recent …

Leaf vein network geometry can predict levels of resource transport, defence and
mechanical support that operate at different spatial scales. However, it is challenging to …

The venation network present in plant leaves carries a fingerprint of the species and their
analysis is likely to provide deep insights about the identity of the plants and the surrounding …

Precise measurements of leaf vein traits are an important aspect of plant phenotyping for
ecological and genetic research. Here, we present a powerful and user-friendly image …

Interest in the structure and function of physical biological networks has spurred the
development of a number of theoretical models that predict optimal network structures …

Premise Because of the trade‐off between water loss and carbon dioxide assimilation, the
conductivity of the transpiration path in a leaf is an important limit on photosynthesis. Closely …

Rapidly determining leaf vein network patterns and vein densities is biologically important
and technically challenging. Current methods, however, are limited to vein contour …

The leaf veins of higher plants contain a highly specialized vascular system comprised of
xylem and phloem cells that transport water, organic compounds and mineral nutrients. The …