Leaf morphology, taxonomy and geometric morphometrics: a simplified protocol for beginners.

Taxonomy relies greatly on morphology to discriminate groups. Computerized geometric morphometric methods for quantitative shape analysis measure, test and visualize differences in form in a highly effective, reproducible, accurate and statistically powerful way. Plant leaves are commonly used in ta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vincenzo Viscosi, Andrea Cardini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21991324/pdf/?tool=EBI