Name |
Structure/ Category |
Description |
Odd-pinnate
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[Terminal leaflet] {presence}
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Pinnately compound with an odd number of leaflets, one of them terminal. |
Once palmately compound
|
[Leaves] {complexity form}
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Compound with leaflets all attached at a common point and diverging from one another. |
Once pinnately compound
|
[Leaves] {complexity form}
|
Compound with leaflets attached at different points along and on either side of a central axis or rachis. |
Once pinnately lobed
|
[Leaves] {lobing form}
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With several main segments or lobes positioned along and on either side of a central axis; lobed in a feather-like pattern. |
Once pinnate-pinnatifid
|
[Leaves] {complexity form}
|
Once pinnately compound with pinnatifid leaflets. |
Opposite
|
[Leaves] {insertion}
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Positioned in pairs along the stem, the members of each pair at the same level across from one another; two leaves occurring at each node. |
Orbiculate
|
[Leaflets, Leaves, Petals, Phyllaries, Sepals] {shape}
|
Approximately circular in outline. |
Oval
|
(1) [Leaflets, Leaves, Petals, Phyllaries, Sepals] {shape}
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Broadly elliptic, the width more than one-half the length, with rounded ends. |
Oval
|
(2) [Leaf cross section] {shape}
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Elliptic in cross section. |
Ovary
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[Flowers]
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The lower portion of a pistil where ovules are borne; often distinguishable from the rest of the pistil by its larger circumference. |