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Plantae
In botany, teratology investigates the theoretical implications of abnormal specimens. For example, the discovery of abnormal flowers—for example, flowers with leaves instead of petals, or flowers with staminoid pistils—furnished important evidence for the "foliar theory", the theory that all flower parts are highly specialised leaves.

Types of deformations in plants
Plants can have mutations that leads to different types of deformations such as:


 * Fasciation: Development of the apex (growing tip) in a flat plane perpendicular to the axis of elongation
 * Variegation: Degeneration of genes, manifesting itself among other things by anomalous pigmentation
 * Virescence: Anomalous development of a green pigmentation in unexpected parts of the plant
 * Phyllody: Floral organs or fruits transformed into leaves
 * Witch's broom: Unusually high multiplication of branches in the upper part of the plant, mainly in a tree
 * Pelorism: Zygomorphic flower regress to their ancestral actinomorphic symmetry
 * Proliferation: Repetitive growth of an entire organ, such as a flower

Galls are not part of plant teratology, as they are formed due to external factors like insects bites or parasites.