Plant Leaves Flashcards
What is the first embryonic leaves?
Cotyledon
What are the two things leaves are involved in
Photosynthesis and gas exchange
Leaves should be what?:
To maximize absorption of light and gases
Flat and thin
Leaves should be what?:
most of their tissues should be what to carry out photosynthesis
alive and differentiated into chlorenchyma
Stems should be what?:
To maximize support and conductions with minimum expenditure of construction
Cylindrical
Stems should be what?:
Much of the stem and all of its tracheary elements and most fibers must what?
Die ~ functionally dead
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
tip
Apex
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Point attachment
Base
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Side
Margin
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Main vein
Midrib
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Strand of vascular tissues
Veins
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Expanded leaf blade
Lamina:
- Adaxial: Ventral surface
- Abaxial: Dorsal surface
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Leaf stalk
Petiole
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Leaf appendages at petiole
Stipule
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Angle between the leaf and stem
Axil
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Veins originate from midrib at SEPARATE points
Pinnately lobed
External features of SIMPLE leaf:
Veins originate from the midrib at SINGLE point
Palmately lobed
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
One expanded part of compound leaf
Leaflet
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
stalk of individual leaflet
Petiolule
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
Distal to petiole - bears leaflets
Rachis
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
Stipule-like outgrowths at base of leaflet
Stipel
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
Leaflets are attached to rachis
Pinnately compound
External features of COMPOUND leaf:
Leaflets are attached to a SINGLE point in the petiole
Palmately compound
External features of Leaf - Venation:
Common in angiosperms, netlike
Netted or reticulate venation