Forskare upptäcker voronoimönster i blad från parasollepilea

14 maj 2026

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Forskare har identifierat ett naturligt geometriskt mönster, känt som ett Voronoi-diagram, i bladen på parasollepilea. Upptäckten visar hur växten organiserar sina klyvöppningar och ådror med hjälp av principer som är vanliga inom stadsplanering och nätverksdesign.

Ett team vid Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory kartlade de små klyvöppningarna och de slingrande ådrorna i bladen på Pilea peperomioides. De fann att strukturerna naturligt delar upp utrymmet kring centrala punkter på samma sätt som Voronoi-diagram gör inom matematiken och datavetenskapen. Docent Saket Navlakha ledde arbetet tillsammans med den tidigare doktoranden Cici Zheng och samarbetspartnern Przemysław Prusinkiewicz.

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