# Plant Foliar Geometry as a Biomimetic Template for Antenna Design
## 2 Materials and Methods
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline
26 & _Phyllanthus poumensis_ Phylanthaceae & 36 & _Phobe costaricana_ Lauraceae \\ \hline
27 & _Cercidophyllum japonicum_ & 37 & _Platanus racemosa_ Platanaceae \\  & _Cercidophyllaceae_ & 38 & _Platanus racemosa_ Platanaceae \\ \hline
28 & _Acer saccharium_ Sapindaceae & 39 & _Trichosanthes formosana_ Cucurbitaceae \\ \hline
29 & _Liquidambar styraciflua_ & 39 & _Paliurus ramossissimus_ Rhamaceae \\ \hline
30 & _Ostrya guatemalensis_ Betulaceae & 40 & _Sarcorhachis naranjoana_ Piperaceae \\ \hline
41 & _Topobea watsonii_ Melastomataceae & 51 & _Cleistantthus oligophilebius_ Phylanthaceae \\ \hline
42 & _Paranomus sceptrum_ Proteaceae & 52 & _Rhammidium eleacarpum_ Rhamaceae \\ \hline
43 & _Potamogeton amplifolus_ & 53 & _Cotinus obovatus_ Anacardiacaceae \\ \hline
44 & _Mainthemum dilatatum_ Rusaceae & 54 & _Santiria samarensis_ Burseraceae \\ \hline
45 & _Cercidophyllum japonicum_ & 55 & _Aextoxicon punctatum_ Aextoxicaceae \\ \hline
46 & _Caseria illicitia_ & 56 & _Antigonon cinarscens_ Polygonaceae \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 1: Cont. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline
47 & _Mahonia wilcoxii_ Berberidaceae & 57 & _Capsicodendron pimentteira_ Canellaceae \\ \hline
48 & _Cornus officinalis_ Cornaceae & 58 & _Tapura guianensis_ Dichapetalaceae \\ \hline
49 & _Isoptera lissophylla_ Dipterocarpaceae & 59 & _Comocladia glab_ Anacardiaceae \\ \hline
50 & _Tococa aristata_ Melastomataceae & 60 & _Viburnum setigerum_ Adoxaceae \\ \hline
61 & _Bixa orellana_ Bixaceae & 71 & _Popovia congensis_ Annonaceae \\ \hline
62 & _Philactis zinnioides_ Asteraceae & 72 & _Banisteriopsis laeifolia_ Malpighiaceae \\ \hline
63 & _Vitex limonifolia_ Lamiaceae & 73 & _Microcos tomentosa_ Malvaceae \\ \hline
64 & _Kermadecia simuata_ Proteaceae & 74 & _Crataegus brainstemli_ Rosaceae \\ \hline
65 & _Glochidion bracetatum_ Phylanthaceae & 75 & _Tetracera podotricha_ Dilleniaceae \\ \hline
66 & _Populus jackii_ Salicaceae & 76 & _Celtis cerasifera_ Cannabaceae \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 1: Cont. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline
67 & _Apeiba macropetala_ Malvaceae & 77 & _Guarea tuberculata_ Meliaceae \\ \hline
68 & _Tilia heterophylla_ Malvaceae & 78 & _Cedrela angustifolia_ Meliaceae \\ \hline
69 & _Alchornea polyantha_ Euphorbiaceae & 79 & _Diospyros martiima_ Ebenaceae \\ \hline
70 & _Pseudolmedia laevis_ Moraceae & 80 & _Eriolaena malvacea_ Malvaceae \\ \hline
81 & _Macaranga bicolor_ Euphorbiaceae & 91 & _Tetracera rotundifolia_ Dilleniaceae \\ \hline
82 & _Odontadenia geninata_ Apocynaceae & 92 & _Calophyllum calaba_ Clusiaceae \\ \hline
83 & _Flacourtia rukam_ Salicaceae & 93 & _Cissus caesia_ Vitaceae \\ \hline
84 & _Brasenia schreberi_ Cabombaceae & 94 & _Desfonttainea spinosa_ Desfonttaineaceae \\ \hline
85 & _Malboberberis neuberti_ Berberidaceae & 95 & _Aphaerema spicata_ Salicaceae \\ \hline
86 & _Fraxinus foribunda_ Oleaceae & 96 & _Cycla merrilli_ Menispermaceae \\ \hline
87 & _Parinari campestris_ Chrysobalanaceae & 97 & _Eucryphia glandulosa_ Cunoniaceae \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 1: Cont. Basically, this methodology is applied to consider the basic geometric characteristics of the plant leaves to design new antennas and investigate the effects on performance of the geometry. As shown in Table 1, there are many geometric characteristics found in the plants' leaves such as: elliptic, obovate, ovate, circular base, toothed, lobed leaves, pinnately lobed, among others. It would be interesting to see the design impact of each different geometric characteristic of the plants' leaves. The behavior of these leaf geometries can be studied as antenna systems. The idea is to use the geometry of the plant leaves illustrated in Table 1 to design new antenna structures. More sophisticated methods can be used to generate high resolution images that could be used to analyze the veins of the plant leaves. However, that can be performed as an extension of this work.