Linear Oblong Lanceolate Oblanceolate Cuneate Spathulate Ovate Obovate

Linear Oblong Lanceolate Oblanceolate Cuneate Spathulate Ovate Obovate

Elliptical Rhomboid Deltoid Orbicular Reniform Cordate

(also Peltate)
Bipinnate Leaf
Anatomy
rachilla
pinnule or
leaflet
rachis
pinna or
pinnule
petiole
-pulvinus
SHAPE & ARRANGEMENT
Acdcular Falcate Orbicular Rhomboid

needle sha ped hooked or sickle sha ped circular diamond-sha ped
Acuminate Flabellate Ovate Rosette

ta pe ring to a long point fan shaped egg-sha ped, wide at base leafle ts in tight circular rings
Alternate Hastate Palmate Spatulate

leaflets arranged alte rnate ly tria ngular with ba sal lobes re se mble sa hand spOon-sha ped
Aristate Lanceolate Pedate Spear-shaped

with a spine-like tip pointed at both e nds palmate, divided late ral lobe s pointed, barbed base
Bipinnate Linear Peltate Subulate

leatlets also pinnate parallel margins, e longate ste mattached ce ntrally ta pe ring point, aw-shaped
Cordate Lobed Perfoliate Trifoliate/TTernate

heart-sha ped, ste m in cleft dee ply inde nted margins ste m see ming to pie rce leaf lenflets in threes
Cuneate Obcordate Odd Pinnate Tripinnate

we dge s ha ped, acute base heartsha ped, ste mat point leaflets in rows, one at tip leaflets also bipinnate
Deltoid Obovate Even Pinnate Truncate

triangular egg-sha ped, narrow at ba se leaflets in rows, two at tip squared-off apex
Digitate Obtuse Pinnatisect Unifoliate

with finge r-lke lobes bluntly tipped deep, opposite loblng having a single leaf
Elliptic Opposite Reniform Whorled

oval-shaped, small or no point leaflets in adjace nt pairs kidney-sha ped rings of three or more leafle ts
Odd leaflet
Leaflet pair Rachis
-Rachis
Rachis Leaflets
Pinnules
Leaflets -Petiole
Petiole Rachilla
Unipinnate Unipinnate
Paripinnate Imparipinnate
Bipinnate Tripinnate
Pinnately compound leaves

MARGIN
Ciliate Crenate Dentate

with fine hairs with rounded teeth with symme trical teeth
Denticulate Doubly Serrate Entire

with fine de ntition se rrate with sub-tee th
even, smooth throughout
Lobate Serrate Serrulate

inde nted, but not to midline teeth forward- pointing with fine se rration
Sinuate Spiny Undulate

with wave-like inde ntations with sharp stiff points wide ly wavy
VENATION
Arcuate Cross-Venulate Dichotomous

seconda ry ve ins small veins connecting veins branching
be nding toward a pex secondary veins symme trically in pairs
Longitudinal Palmate Parallel

veins aligned mostly se ve ral primary veins ve ins arranged axially.
along long axis of leaf dive rging trom a point not inte rse cting
Pinnate Reticulate Rotate

secondary ve ins smaller ve lns In peltale leave s,
paired oppositely forming a ne twork veins radiating
Types of Inflorescence
Racemose (Indefinite)
Raceme Corymb Corymbose Spike Catkin

raceme
Spadix Simple Compound Capitulum Hypanthodium

umbel umbel (head)
Cymose (Definite)
Uniparous Cyme Biparous Cyme Multiparous Cyme

Flowers are represented by
circles, and their order of 5 1 3 5 4 2
development 1s indicated in
numerical sequence: in each 30
inflorescence, flower 1 is
the oldest in the group. The 2
letters A, B, and Cin the 5
4
diagram of the panicle depict
the sequence of flower raceme spike catkin corymb
development in one of the
lowest branches.
4
2 3 2 2 4
2 3
g2
head panicle umbel cyme
01996 Enoyclopaedia Britannica, nc.
DETERMINATE INFLORESCENCES
(first flower to open is at the top or middle)
a cyme with helicoid cyme scorpioid cyme scorpiold cyme

only a single with branching on with altermate with alternate
lateral branch the same sideoften branching in a branching in a
leading it to curt spiral-4ike pattern zig-zag patern
monochasium bostryx cincinnus rhipidium
le cyme
a simple
in which the main
axis divides into
two lateral branches
dichasium compound determinate
dichasium thyrse
INDETERMINATE INFLORESCENCES
(first flowers to open are at the base or periphery)
simple simple compound ament

(alternate) (opposite) (double) or
spike raceme panicle thyrse catkin spadix
simple compound simple simple compound head

(round) (flat) (triple) or
corymb umbel capitulum

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Linear Oblong Lanceolate Oblanceolate Cuneate Spathulate Ovate Obovate

Elliptical Rhomboid Deltoid Orbicular Reniform Cordate

Acdcular Falcate Orbicular Rhomboid

Acuminate Flabellate Ovate Rosette

Alternate Hastate Palmate Spatulate

Aristate Lanceolate Pedate Spear-shaped

Bipinnate Linear Peltate Subulate

Cordate Lobed Perfoliate Trifoliate/TTernate

Cuneate Obcordate Odd Pinnate Tripinnate

Deltoid Obovate Even Pinnate Truncate

Digitate Obtuse Pinnatisect Unifoliate

Elliptic Opposite Reniform Whorled

Pinnately compound leaves

Ciliate Crenate Dentate

Denticulate Doubly Serrate Entire

Lobate Serrate Serrulate

Sinuate Spiny Undulate

Arcuate Cross-Venulate Dichotomous

Longitudinal Palmate Parallel

Pinnate Reticulate Rotate

Raceme Corymb Corymbose Spike Catkin

Spadix Simple Compound Capitulum Hypanthodium

Uniparous Cyme Biparous Cyme Multiparous Cyme

a cyme with helicoid cyme scorpioid cyme scorpiold cyme

simple simple compound ament

spike raceme panicle thyrse catkin spadix

simple compound simple simple compound head

corymb umbel capitulum

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