Within Menispermaceae, endocarp shape is highly variable and often characteristic. This study applied geometric morphometrics to the investigation of horseshoe-shaped endocarps that characterized the ...

In the heart of Nigeria, a quiet revolution is taking place in the world of plant science. Traditionally, the study of leaf shapes—known as leaf morphometrics—has been a painstaking, hands-on task.

This analysis considers the validity of the assumptions of the Gaussian perturbation model as applied to landmark data collected for morphometric analyses. The primary conclusion is that the ...