| Leaf Terms / I
Botanists (plant scientists) count on differences in plants (leaf shape)
to
help them name and identify plants.
There's a
lot of different terms used to identify the type of leaf you're
examining. Below is a series of diagrams labeling the different types,
shapes, and parts of leaves. Take a closer look and learn some new
vocabulary.
 |
Here, you can see
the major parts of an individual leaf. The stipule
isn't always found on a leaf and the stalk
is also called the petiole
sometimes.
The direction in which the veins run along
the blade of the leaf is described as either parallel
or pinnate.
|
| Here, we see
pictures of five different types of compound
leaves. Tiny leaflets
arranged in a set pattern together make one compound leaf.
1) Pinnate
2) Twice pinnate
3) Palmate
4) Three-divided (trifoliate)
5) Three-times-three-divided
(ternate)
Mine is
__________________
(simple or compound)
|
 |
|