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This manuscript brings a critical reflection on the epistemological foundations of the science of plant physiology. We discuss the limits of the reductionist view of the science, indicating new epistemological possibilities to plant physiology, specially based on General System Theory and Complex System paradigm, and the further implications of this major science to the human future.

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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Gustavo M. Souza

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Carlos H. B. A. Prado

  3. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Rafael V. Ribeiro

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    João Paulo R. A. D. Barbosa

  5. Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

    Antonio Natal Gonçalves

  6. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

    Gustavo Habermann

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Souza, G.M., Prado, C.H.B.A., Ribeiro, R.V. et al. Toward a systemic plant physiology. Theor. Exp. Plant Physiol. 28, 341–346 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-016-0071-9

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