An interpretation of Fujita's frequency diagrams in phyllotaxis (Q1069896)

Fujita's diagrams in phyllotaxis [Statistische Untersuchungen über den Divergenzwinkel bei den schraubigen Organdarstellungen, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 53, 194-199 (1939)] showing the frequencies of divergence angles as a function of these angles for low phyllotactic patterns such as (2,1) and (3,2), which are approximately normal curves centered at the limit divergence angle of 137.51\(\circ\), are shown to be puzzling when compared to results and observations in the field. An analysis of these diagrams is proposed, in the context of Fujita's methodology, of data from other sources, of a mathematical theorem on lattices, and of the contact pressure theory of phyllotaxis.