Aubreville's model

Aubreville's model is a tree architectural model named after André Aubréville, as he identified this pattern as common in Sapotaceae. It is a monopodial model, and characterized by single axis with rhythmic growth. In this model, each cycle of growth will produce a new group of horizontally arranged branches which themselves develop as sympodial complex axis which support leafy rosettes and flowers.[1][2] Linnaeus used this feature as a distinctive character while naming the genus Terminalia.[1]

Schematic representation of Aubreville's model

Aubréville's model, tier in side view

References

Hallé, Francis (1978). Tropical trees and forests : an architectural analysis. Roelof A. A. Oldeman, P. B. Tomlinson. Berlin: New York. ISBN 0-387-08494-0. OCLC 3327318.
Tomlinson, P. B. (1983). "Tree Architecture: New approaches help to define the elusive biological property of tree form". American Scientist. 71 (2): 141–149. ISSN 0003-0996. JSTOR 27851897.

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[:0-1] Hallé, Francis (1978). Tropical trees and forests : an architectural analysis. Roelof A. A. Oldeman, P. B. Tomlinson. Berlin: New York. ISBN 0-387-08494-0. OCLC 3327318.

[2] Tomlinson, P. B. (1983). "Tree Architecture: New approaches help to define the elusive biological property of tree form". American Scientist. 71 (2): 141–149. ISSN 0003-0996. JSTOR 27851897.