Leaves Flashcards
Trees
-A woody perennial that lives for more than one year. Usually taller than 3 m at maturity
Shrubs
-A woody perennial that is branches several times near the base so it has a bushy appearance
Vines
-Any kind of long stemmed woody perennial that is rooted in the soil
Leaf apex
-The tip of the leaf
-Acuminate, acute, obtuse, emarginate, mucronate
Leaf base
The base of the leaf
-Cuneate, acute, inequilateral, rounded, subcordate, cordate
Leaf margins
-entire - smooth
-repand - slightly waved
-sinuate - more waved
-crenate - waved
-crenulate - small rounded teeth
Leaf margins
-Serrate- like a knife
-Serrulate - small teeth
-double serrate - teeth on larger teeth
-Dentate - teeth with right angles
-Denticulate - Smaller teeth with right angles
-Aculeate - pointed
Leaf margins (Pinnately Lobed
-Lobed - round edges
-Cleft - lobed with teeth
-Incised - Pointy lobes
Stipules
-Leafy appendages at the base of the petiole