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Leaf Apices

This document defines and illustrates various types of leaf apices: 1. It defines 10 different types of leaf apices including acute, obtuse, emarginate, caudate, and aristate. 2. For each type of leaf apex, it provides a textual definition describing the shape and features. 3. Accompanying illustrations show examples of each leaf apex type to aid in visual identification.

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Leaf Apices

This document defines and illustrates various types of leaf apices: 1. It defines 10 different types of leaf apices including acute, obtuse, emarginate, caudate, and aristate. 2. For each type of leaf apex, it provides a textual definition describing the shape and features. 3. Accompanying illustrations show examples of each leaf apex type to aid in visual identification.

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Leaf 1040200

Apices
V 101814

Apices (10542) only applies to Leaf Type: Bladed (10501).


DEFINITIONS

Acuminate
Broadly

Acute
Broadly

Acuminate
Acute Acuminate Narrowly
Margins straight Margins straight
to convex to convex
forming a Acute forming a
terminal angle Narrowly terminal angle
45 -90. of less than 45 .
Acuminate
Abruptly

Aristate Aristate
More than 3:1 l/w,
Apiculate usually prolonged,
Apiculate straight and stiff.
More than 3:1 l/w,
usually slightly
curled and
flexuous.
Cuspidate
Cuspidate
Acute but
Caudate coriaceous and
Caudate stiff.
Acuminate with
concave margins.

Mucronulate
Mucronulate
Emarginate 1:1 l/w or broader
Lobe rounded; Emarginate than long; straight.
sinus depth 1/4-
1/2 distance to
midpoint of blade;
margins convex Retuse
and/or straight. Retuse
Having an obtuse
or rounded apex
with a shallow
Obtuse Obtuse
notch.
Blunt or broadly
rounded, the
converging edges
separated by an
angle greater than
90 degrees.
LEAF APICES
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