# Riemannian L-systems: Growing forms in curved spaces **URL:** \ **Category:** Plant Morphology\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/riemannian-l-systems-growing-forms-in-curved-spaces/340 "2024-12-16T16:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michele.butturini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/riemannian-l-systems-growing-forms-in-curved-spaces/340/1 "2024-12-16T16:55:04Z")
[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/fspm/original/1X/f40acd3600b2fb5808e744b49285024172972032.jpeg "Christophe Godin - Riemannian L-systems: Growing forms in curved spaces") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJp1i4GKbYY) We would like to share a recent presentation by Christophe Godin on Riemannian L-systems in the FSPM discussion group of Wageningen University, with the author’s permission. Riemannian L-systems are an extended L-system formalism that allows to model growing forms in curved spaces, including vein patterns and branching structures. Christophe Godin is a senior researcher at Inria in France and head of the [Mosaic](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteam.inria.fr%2Fmosaic%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichele.butturini%40wur.nl%7Cc53fb57267a242880a7d08dd07b0096c%7C27d137e5761f4dc1af88d26430abb18f%7C0%7C0%7C638675174879012248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JmoEc0D13t8d97s44QWeB3XvaFn9sSsnYXV2Pbv9dnk%3D&reserved=0) (Morphogenesis: Simulations and Analysis _in silico_) research team in Lyon. He has been working on mathematical and computational models to study biological forms and architecture and development of plants for over 30 years.