Question

examples for whorled phyllotaxy

Answer 1

Blackboard tree (Alstonia scholaris)
Japanese clethra (Clethra barbinervis)
Lemonwood (Pittosporum eugenioides)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata)
Redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)
Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)

Answer 2

The term phyllotaxy refers to the arrangement of leaves over the stem. There are three different types of leaf arrangements: alternate, opposite and whorled.

These are the examples of phyllotaxy:

- Blackboard tree

- Japanese clethra

- Lemonwood

- Mountain laurel

- Panicle hydrangea

- Redvein enkianthus

- Southern catalpa