1 Graphical modeling using L-systems. - 1. 1 Rewriting systems. - 1. 2 DOL-systems. - 1. 3 Turtle interpretation of strings. - 1. 4 Synthesis of DOL-systems. - 1. 5 Modeling in three dimensions. - 1. 6 Branching structures. - 1. 7 Stochastic L-systems. - 1. 8 Context-sensitive L-systems. - 1. 9 Growth functions. - 2 Modeling of trees. - 3 Developmental models of herbaceous plants. - 3. 1 Levels of model specification. - 3. 2 Branching patterns. - 3. 3 Models of inflorescences. - 4 Phyllotaxis. - 4. 1 The planar model. - 4. 2 The cylindrical model. - 5 Models of plant organs. - 5. 1 Predefined surfaces. - 5. 2 Developmental surface models. - 5. 3 Models of compound leaves. - 6 Animation of plant development. - 6. 1 Timed DOL-systems. - 6. 2 Selection of growth functions. - 7 Modeling of cellular layers. - 7. 1 Map L-systems. - 7. 2 Graphical interpretation of maps. - 7. 3 Microsorium linguaeforme. - 7. 4 Dryopteris thelypteris. - 7. 5 Modeling spherical cell layers. - 7. 6 Modeling 3D cellular structures. - 8 Fractal properties of plants. - 8. 1 Symmetry and self-similarity. - 8. 2 Plant models and iterated function systems. - Epilogue. - Appendix A Software environment for plant modeling. - A. 1 A virtual laboratory in botany. - A. 2 List of laboratory programs. - Appendix B About the figures. - Turtle interpretation of symbols. Language: English