Parallelodromous

• Title

  Parallelodromous

• Definition

  Referring to a leaf venation in which there are multiple parallel primary veins that originate at the leaf blade base and converge toward the leaf blade apex. Mostly restricted to monocotyledons. See Ellis et al. 2009 for more detailed descriptions of leaf characters.

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