Sanio's law

English

Etymology

Published by Prussian botanist Karl Gustav Sanio (1832–1891).

Proper noun

Sanio's law (plural Sanio's laws)

  1. (botany) Any of a series of observations on a pattern in the size of xylem tracheids, increasing in size from the top of a tree to a certain height, after which they decrease again to the base of the tree. These laws generally hold true for coniferous woods.
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