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June 21, 2026Current Opinion in Plant BiologyOpen Access

How to grow a leaf: Generating, maintaining, and modulating flatness

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ACAlexis De CarufelEBElvis BranchiniMTMarja C.P. Timmermans

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Overview

This review synthesizes advances in how leaves develop flatness, highlighting developmental challenges in plant morphology.

Key Points

  • The aim is to understand how leaves develop and maintain their flat structure, significant for photosynthesis.
  • Review of recent literature on leaf development and growth mechanics.
  • Analysis of molecular patterning and tissue interactions in leaf morphology.
  • Exploration of mechanical challenges related to leaf shape.
  • Identified the role of molecular patterning in leaf flatness.
  • Discussed tissue mechanics that prevent buckling in thin leaves.
  • Outlined unresolved questions in understanding leaf morphology.

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Carufel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a377f3a24f042ddf4c59e8fhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102915
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