Botany Leaf Types Flashcards

a leaf blade

the tip of a leaf

stalk that extends from the stem to the leaf base

the outer edge of a leaf

the transport system that delivers water and nutrients within the leaf tissue

the single middle prominent leaf vein

the point on a stem where leaves and buds originate

the section of stem between nodes

a small leaf-like outgrowth at the base of a leaf or petiole

the angle between a leaf and the plant stem

a bud that grows in the axil of a leaf

a single undivided leaf blade

a leaf divided into distinct parts called leaflets

the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem

a single leaf attached at a node

a pair of leaves attached at a node

three or more leaves attached at a node

alternate leaf arrangement that encircles the stem

Acuminate

Cuneate

Acicular

Flabellate

Deltoid

Palmate

Ovate

Orbicular

Reniform

Odd Pinnate

Even Pinnate

Lanceolate

Linear

Falcate

Hastate

Aristate

Trifoliate

Digitate

Cordate

Spear-shaped

Elliptic

Bipinnate

Tripinnate

Truncate

Obcordate

Spatulate

Lobed

Perfoliate

Subulate

Obovate

Obtuse

Pinnatisect

Unifoliate

Rhomboid

Pedate

Pelate

the pattern in arrangement of veins in a leaf

Parallel

Pinnate

Arcuate

Palmate

Longitudinal

Dichotomus

Rotate

Cross-Venulate

Reticulate

the outer edge of a leaf