Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Pinnately compound leaves. Drawing by Bobbi Angell.

Description: Pinnately compound leaves. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997). The leaf on the left is imparipinnate (odd pinnate) and the one on the right is paripinnate (even pinnate). Note the stipules at the base of the petiole and stipels at the base of the leaflets.

Term:

Pinnate

Definition:

Feather-like; generally referring to the arrangement of veins along a midrib of a leaf blade or to leaflets along a rachis in a way that resembles the structure of a feather.