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Four operational morphological units are defined to characterize ‘typical’ stems, leaves, roots and hairs. Any complex part can be classified among these OMUs by a graphical representation or by a quadruplet suitable for computer-aided analyses. Thirty-nine examples are given, suggesting a continuous view of plant morphology.
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Gérard Cusset (1994) studied this question.
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