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shape margin Flashcards

1
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Long and very narrow like a blade of grass

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Linear

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Having an elongated form with slightly parallel sides, roughly rectangular.

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Oblong

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Long, wider in the middle, shaped like a lance tip.

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Lanceolate

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Much longer than wide and with the widest portion near the tip, reversed lanceolate.

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Oblanceolate

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5
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Awl-shaped with a tapering point

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Subulate

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Spoon-shaped; having a broad flat end which tapers to the base

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Spathulate

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Oval, egg-shaped, with a tapering point and the widest portion near the petiole.

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Ovate

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Teardrop-shaped, stem attaches to the tapering end; reversed ovate.

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obovate

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9
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Oval, with a short or no point.

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Elliptical

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10
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Diamond-shaped.

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Rhomboid

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11
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Shaped like Greek letter Delta, triangular, stem attaches to side

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Deltoid

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12
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Circular.

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Orbicular

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13
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Shaped like a kidney: an oval with an inward curve on one side.

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Reniform

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14
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Heart-shaped, with the petiole or stem attached to the notch.

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Cordate

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15
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Heart-shaped, stem attaches at the tapering end.

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Obcordate

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16
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Slender and pointed, needle-like

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Acicular

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17
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Sickle-shaped.

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Falcate

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18
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Shaped like a lyre, pinnately lobed leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes.

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Lyrate

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19
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Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the midrib.

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Pinnatifid

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20
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Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib.

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Pinnatisect

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21
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Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole.

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Palmatisect

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22
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Palm-shaped, having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole

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Palmatifid

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23
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Shaped like a sword, long and narrow with a sharp pointed tip.

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Ensiform

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24
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Triangular, wedge-shaped, stem attaches to point.

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Cuneate

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25
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With an odd number of leaflets, pinnate with a terminal leaflet (the opposite of paripinnate)

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Imparipinnate

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26
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Pinnate with an even number of leaflets, lacking a terminal leaflet (the opposite of imparipinnate)

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paripinnate

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27
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The leaflets are themselves pinnately-compound; twice pinnate

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Bipinnate

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28
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Pinnately compound in which each leaflet is itself bipinnate

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Tripinnate

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29
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With three leaflets

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Trifoliolate

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30
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Consisting of leaflets all radiating from one point

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Palmate (degitate)

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31
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Pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90°.

32
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Tapering to a long point in a concave manner.

33
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Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point.

34
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Ending abruptly in a small sharp point as a continuation of the midrib.

35
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With a sharp, elongated, rigid tip; tipped with a cusp.

36
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Blunt, forming an angle > 90°.

37
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Slightly indented at the tip

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Emarginate

38
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With a squared-off end

39
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With a shallow notch in a round apex.

40
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Arrowhead-shaped with the lower lobes folded, or curled downward

41
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Spear-shaped: Pointed, with barbs, shaped like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base.

42
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With the leaf blade surrounding the stem such that the stem appears to pass through the leaf.

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Perfoliate

43
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Having leaf tissue taper down the petiole to a narrow base, always having some leaf material on each side of the petiole.

44
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Asymmetrical leaf base, with one side lower than the other

45
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Having ear-shaped appendages near the petiole.

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Auriculate

46
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Even; with a smooth margin; without toothing

47
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Fringed with hairs

48
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Wavy-toothed; dentate with rounded teeth

49
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Finely crenate

50
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Toothed. May be coarsely dentate, having large teeth, or glandular dentate, having teeth which bear glands

51
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Finely toothed

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Denticulate

52
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Saw-toothed; with asymmetrical teeth pointing forward

53
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Finely serrate

54
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With deep, wave-like indentations; coarsely crenate

55
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Each tooth bearing smaller teeth

56
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With a wavy edge, shallower than sinuate

57
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Leaf contains oils that make it smell, not necessarily pleasant

58
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same colour both sides ( indicates the leaf is isobilateral)

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Concolorous

59
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Having a tough, leathery texture

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Coriaceous

60
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small structure on the lower surface of a leaf in some woody dicotyledons, located in the axils of the primary veins and usually consisting of depressions partly enclosed by leaf tissue or hairs

61
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one side of the leaf is a different colour to the other side. (indicates leaf is dorsiventral)

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Discolorous

62
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Smooth, without hairs

63
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blue green to grey green

64
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covered by coarse and stiff hairs

65
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covered with stiff bristle like hairs

66
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glossy, gleaming bright

67
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downy, having short, soft hairs

68
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of brownish-red colour, applied mainly to hairs and brstles

69
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having a wrinkled surface

70
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a surface roughened by minute protuberances

71
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hard leaves,usually with an abundance of sclerenchyma. eg. Eucalyptus spp.

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Sclerophyllous

72
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covered with small, dry scales

73
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with short stiff hairs lying closely and in one direction

74
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short dense hairs usually matted together to form a felt like surface

75
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leaves with more than one colour present

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Variegated

76
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having long, soft hairs

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