Testing the Validity of the Montgomery–Koyama–Smith Equation for Calculating the Total Petal Area per Flower Using Two Rosaceae Species
Chuanlong Zhao, Jinfeng Wang, Youying Mu, Weihao Yao, Hui Wang, Peijian Shi · 2024
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Chuanlong Zhao and co-authors test shortcut formulas for petal area in a 2024 paper. Flower size hints at a plant's breeding success, but measuring every petal is slow. Botany already uses a leaf shortcut: area tracks the product of length and width. The team asks whether the same math, plus a shoot-level cousin formula, can price a whole corolla from a few ruler readings.
They measured over a thousand petals from 123 flowers of two rose-family species with varied petal shapes. The leaf formula fit single petals closely. For whole flowers, summing petal widths times the longest petal's length also predicted total area well, under both the classic formula and a power-law rival. The authors say the shortcuts are safe for field work on these species.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chuanlong Zhao, Jinfeng Wang, Youying Mu, Weihao Yao, Hui Wang, Peijian Shi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |