Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
I.
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
PALMATELY
COMPOUND
PINNATELY
COMPOUND
EVEN PINNATE
Abruptly pinnate
BIPINNATE
II.
TRIPINNATE
UNIFOLIATE
BIFOLIATE
TRIFOLIATE
OTERNATE
Type of Leaf
Basic Unit
Stalk
Simple Leaf
Compound Leaf
Leaf
Petiole
Leaflet
or Petiolule
pinnae
S OF LEAVES ACCORDING TO DURATION:
Extension
of Stalk
Midrib
Rachis
Appendages at
base of leaf
Stipules
Stipels
T
Y
P
E
a. Deciduous - the leaves fall off soon after maturity; this term often applies to trees that
shed their leaves at the same time.
b. Diurnal - opening only during the day.
c. Ephemeral - the leaves lasts only for a day or less. This term also applies to flowers.
d. Evergreen - the leaves are persistent.
e. Fugacious or caducuous - the leaves fall off very early.
f. Nocturnal - the leaves open during the night
g. Persistent - the leaves remain on the plant and function for more than one year
III.
Reticulate or
netted
IV.
Palmately
Parallel
venation
Amplexicaul
Cylindric
Decurrent
V.
Equitant
Perfoliate
Radical
Rosulate
Sessile
Sheathing
LEAF BASES
Auricled or
auriculate
Eared; having a pair of ear-like
projections at the base.
Cordate
Heart-shaped; a sinus is present where
the petiole is attached
Cuneate
When the leaf base is narrow to broad,
wedge-like, tapering, acute, the sides
straight.
Hastate
The base has a pair of basal lobes that
flare outward.
Oblique
When the lowermost sides of the leaf is
markedly unequal.
Peltate
The base is shield-shaped, with the
petiole attached at or near the center
of the lower surface of a usually
orbicular blade.
Perfoliate
When the base extends around the
stem, the leaf being sessile.
Sagittate or
arrow-shaped
Truncate
VI.
Acicular or
acerose
Cordate
Cuneate or
wedge-shaped
Deltoid
Elliptic
Falcate
Filiform
Flabellate or
fan-shaped
Lanceolate
Linear
Lorate
Obdeltoid
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
VII.
Orbicular
Oval
Ovate
Peltate
Reniform
Rhombic or
rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subulate
Ciliate
Circinate
Crenate
Crenulate
Crispate
Dentate or
toothed
Denticulate
Dissected
Doubly-serrate
Entire
Involute
Lacerate
Laciniate
Palmatifid
VIII.
Pinnatifid
Repand or
Undulate
Revolute
Serrate
Serrulate
Sinuate
IX.
Lobed
Cleft
Parted
Divided
Acuminate
Acute
Apiculate
Aristate
Attenuate
Caudate
Cirrhose
Cuspidate
Emarginate
Mucronate
Obcordate
Obtuse
Retuse
Rounded
Spinose
Truncate
X.
LEAF TEXTURE:
The leaf is hard, tough and often thin.
The leaf is paper-like
The leaf is leathery, rather thick and tough.
When the leaf is thick and soft.
The leaf is thin and wholly transparent.
XI.
Cartilaginous
Chartaceous
Coriaceous
Fleshy
Hyaline
Membranaceou
s
Scarious
Suberous
Succulent
LEAF SURFACE:
Glabrous
Pubescent
Canescent
Furfuraceous
Glaucous
Glandular
Hirsute
Hispid
Mealy or
farinose
Pilose
Puberulent
Rugose
Scabrous
Scarious
Scurfy
The hairs present are very short which readily rubs off.
The
The
The
The
The
The
Stellate
Strigose
XII.
Tomentose or
Floccose
Velutinous
Bloom
OTHER TERMS:
Bract
Bracteoles
Bud scale
Bulb scales
Chaf
Glume
Involucre
Lemma
Palea
Phyllary
Pitcher
Spathe