Complex systems: new forms to see Botany

Part of the science field named Complexity has quickly been developing during the last 15 years and the application of such tools to the Plant Sciences is imminent. In the present review we present some of the basic concepts related to Complexity, and some examples of applications to different areas in Botany are given. The main reasoning of this work is that better understanding and subsequent application by the botanists of this approach to plant taxonomy, physiology, anatomy and ecology will probably lead to a considerable widening of what is known about plants.

atractor; Botany; complexity; fractals; neural networks