Exmedial

  • Title

    Exmedial

  • Definition

    Away from the leaf axis.

  • Notes

    In neotropical Lecythidaceae, this term is usually applied to the position of a structure on a leaf (e.g., the branching of intersecondary veins is exmedial in Eschweilera baguensis.

  • Related Terms

    Admedial

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