Leaf venation camptodromous

  • Title

    Leaf venation camptodromous

  • Definition

    A type of leaf venation in which the secondary veins do not terminate at the margens

  • Notes

    In Lecythidaceae, two types of camptrodromous venation occur, the eucamptodromous type and the brochidodromous types. Neotropical Lecythidaceae most frequently have a combination of brochidodromous and eucamptodromous venation with the former occurring more distally than the latter but sometimes one or the other type prevails, e.g., the eucamptodromous type dominates species of Allantoma and the brochidodromous type dominates species of Cariniana.

  • Related Terms

    Leaf venation brochidodromous

    Leaf venation eucamptodromous

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