Lexicon of Plant Morphologies, Teratological Classifications, and Botanical Systems

• Automorphosis — A morphological anomaly, spontaneous structural modification, or direct malformation occurring in a plant, caused exclusively by internal factors (genetic, physiological, intrinsic hormonal), independent of any direct action from the external environment or parasites. In plant histology, this phenomenon is studied to understand spontaneous deviations from the normal growth pattern and spontaneous somatic mutations within meristematic tissues.