VARIATION IN LEAF STRUCTURE Flashcards
VARIATIONS IN LEAF STRUCTURE
LEAF BLADE CONFIGURATION
VENATION
PHYLLOTAXY
THE BLADE CONSISTS OF ONLY ONE PIECE
THE BLADE IS EITHER COMPLETELY UNDIVIDED OR IT HAS LOBES BUT THE SEPARATION DOES NOT REACH THE MIDRIB
SIMPLE LEAF
THE BLADE IS DIVIDED INTO SEGMENTS CALLED LEAFLETS
COMPOUND LEAF
LEAFLETS IS ALSO CALLED
PINNAE
THE STALK OF EACH LEAFLET IS KNOWN AS
PETIOLULE
THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF COMPOUND LEAF
PINNATELY COMPOUND LEAF
PALMATELY COMPOUND LEAF
DOUBLE COMPOUND LEAF
LEAFLETS BRANCH FROM THE MIDRIB
PINNATELY COMPOUND LEAF
THE EXTENSION OF THE PETIOLE WHERE THE LEAFLETS OF PINNATELY COMPOUND LEAF IS ATTACHED
RACHIS
LEAFLETS BRANCH FROM THE PETIOLE
PALMATELY COMPOUND LEAF
ARRANGEMENT OF VEINS
VENATION
TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF VENATION
NETTED OR RETICULATE VENATION
PARALLEL VENATION
VEINS BRANCH PROFUSELY AND FORM A NETWORK OVER THE BLADE; FOUND IN DICOTS
NETTED OR RETICULATE VENATION
VEINS AND THEIR BRANCHES SPREAD OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE MIDRIB THE CONTINUATION OF PETIOLE
PINNATELY NETTED
SEVERAL MIDRIBS ARISE FROM THE TIP OF THE PETIOLE AND SPREAD FAN LIKE THROUGH THE BLADE
PALMATELY NETTED
SEVERAL MIDRIB ARISE FROM THE TIP OF THE PETIOLE LIKE THE RIBS OR SPOKES OF AN UMBRELLA AND THEN BREAKS UP INTO SMALLER VEINS; FOUND IN LEAVES WHERE PETIOLE IS MORE LESS AT THE CENTER OF THE BLADE
RADIATELY NETTED
VEINS DO NOT FORM A NETWORK: FOUND IN MONOCOTS
PARALLEL VENATION
TWO TYPES OF PARALLEL VENATION
A. PARALLEL VENATION WITH VEINS PARALLEL TO THE MIDRIB
B. PARALLEL VENISON WITH THE VEINS AT A CUTE OR RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MIDRIB
SYSTEM OF LEAF ARRANGEMENT ON THE STEM
PHYLLOTAXY
4 TYPES OF PHYLLOTAXY
ALTERNATE OR SPIRAL
OPPOSITE
WHORLED/VERTICILLATE
FASCICULATE
THREE OR MORE LEAVES LOCATED AROUND THE NODE
WHORLED/VERTICILLATE
TWO OR MORE LEAVES LOCATED ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE NODE
FASCICULATE
POSITION IN LEAF ORIENTATION
A. DORSIVENTRAL/BIFACIAL LEAVES
B. ISOBILATERAL/EQUIFACIAL LEAVES
LEAVES ARE HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED
THE UPPER OR AD AXIAL SURFACE RECEIVING DIRECT SUNLIGHT
DORSIVENTRAL/BIFACIAL LEAVES
LEAVES ARE VERTICALLY ORIENTED
THE TWO SERVICES RECEIVING DIRECT SUNLIGHT
ISOBILATERAL/EQUIFACIAL LEAVES