Festoon (adj. festooned)

• Title

  Festoon (adj. festooned)

• Definition

  A type of leaf venation in which the secondary veins do not terminate at the margin but join to form a series of prominent arches that form a submarginal nerve and, in addtion, the secondary veins possess closed loops toward their apices. Based on Hickey, 1973. For more information about leaf venation see Ellis et al, 2009.

• Notes

  Festoons are common In neotropical Lecythidaceae.

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