Glossary Details – French Guianan E-Flora Project

Glossary Details:

Title: Leaf complexity and position. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: Leaf complexity and position . Simple leaves are in the top row and compound leaves are in the bottom row. Leaf positions are illustrated in the top row. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997).

Term:

Opposite

Definition:

Arising from an axis, such as leaves from a stem, in pairs at the same node. Compare with alternate and whorled.