Percurrent tertiary venation

• Title

  Percurrent tertiary venation

• Definition

  Tertiaries from the opposite secondaries joining (Hickey, 1973)

• Notes

  In Neotropical Lecythidaceae only the genus Allantoma as defined by Huang et al. (in press) has clearly defined percurrent tertiary venation. This type of venations is present in other genera but is not as evident as it is in Allantoma.

• Related Terms

  Reticulate tertiary venation

• Broader Terms

  Tertiary vein

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