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Image Title: Time-lapse Images of the Vine Lonicera japonica Superimposed to Represent Circumnutation
Image Credit: Ash Kaushesh
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
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About the Image

Sixteen photographs of a single shoot of the vine Lonicera japonica are superimposed to create a time-lapse image of its clockwise rotation. The photographs were taken over a 2-h period and represent the plant movement known as circumnutation.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Circumnutation behavior of an exotic honeysuckle vine and its native congener: influence on clonal mobility

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