label |
name |
description |
nad |
acicular |
Slender, rigid, needle-shaped leaves which are equally wide across most oft the length and often have a stiff tip.
|
schup |
scale-like |
Reduced, short but wide leaves adjoining the shoot.
|
gras |
grass-like |
Long and narrow (linear) leaves with parallel margins and usually long tip; width <10% of length.
|
lang |
long-leaf |
Lanceolate, spathulate or slender hastate (triangular) leaves; width 10-25% of length.
|
norm |
simple |
Oval or elliptic leaves; width 25-50% of length.
|
voll |
full |
Simple leaves, either orbicular, cordate, rhombic or polygonal; width >50% of length.
|
gelap |
lobate |
Leaves with lobed divisions up to 1/4-1/3 of the leave.
|
fied |
pinnatifid |
Almost pinnate (compound) leaves, which are not completely divided along the midrib.
|
fing |
digitate |
Leave with three or more divisions all arising at one point but not completely separated.
|
gefin |
palmate |
Compound leave with three or more completely separated leaflets all arising at one point.
|
gefie |
pinnate |
Compound leaves with leaflets arising in opposite pairs along the midrib (rhachis).
|
mgef |
bipinnate |
Compound leaves with leaflets which are pinnate again.
|
rohr |
tubular |
Unifacial (having just one surface), tuberous leaves; usually hollow inside.
|
schwe |
ensiform |
Unifacial (having just one surface), sword-like (vertical, flat leaves (e.g. genus Iris) .
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