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2. Leaf - Wikipedia

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   Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorophyll which is essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs light energy from the Sun. A leaf with lighter-colored or white patches or edges is called a variegated leaf. Leaves can have many different shapes, sizes, textures and colors.

3. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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   Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]

4. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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   Fruits of four different banana cultivars. Bamboo – bamboosa ardinarifolia; Banana – mainly Musa × paradisica, but also other Musa species and hybrids; Baobab – Adansonia; Bay – Laurus spp. or Umbellularia spp. Bay laurel – Laurus nobilis (culinary) California bay – Umbellularia californica; Bean – Fabaceae, specifically ...

5. Phyllotaxis - Wikipedia

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   With an opposite leaf arrangement, two leaves arise from the stem at the same level (at the same node), on opposite sides of the stem. An opposite leaf pair can be thought of as a whorl of two leaves. With an alternate (spiral) pattern, each leaf arises at a different point (node) on the stem. Distichous leaf arrangement in Clivia

6. Plant morphology - Wikipedia

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   In addition, leaves produced during early growth tend to be larger, thinner, and more irregular than leaves on the adult plant. Specimens of juvenile plants may look so completely different from adult plants of the same species that egg-laying insects do not recognise the plant as food for their young.

7. Why are leaves different colors? What to know as the fall ...

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   It has to do with pigments inside of leaves and species of the trees. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...

8. Evergreen - Wikipedia

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   Evergreen and deciduous species vary in a range of morphological and physiological characters. Generally, broad-leaved evergreen species have thicker leaves than deciduous species, with a larger volume of parenchyma and air spaces per unit leaf area. [4] They have larger leaf biomass per unit leaf area, and hence a lower specific leaf area ...

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