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The phyllоtаxy оf mаture shоots cаn be described by a phyllotactic fraction where the numerator indicates the number of times you must go around the stem to get to another leaf directly above (or below) the starting leaf and the denominator indicates the number of leaves passed through to get back in-line with the starting leaf. These two numbers can also be used to calculate the angle between successive leaves. The most common patterns are summarized in the table below. Number of Times Around Stem Number of Leaves Encountered PhyllotacticFraction Angle BetweenLeaves (degrees) 1 2 1/2 180.0 1 3 1/3 120.0 2 5 2/5 144.0 3 8 3/8 135.0 5 13 5/13 138.5 8 21 8/21 137.1 What is an advantage to plants as the numbers of leaves passed through increase?