Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Several leaf venation types. Drawing by M. Sashital.

Title: Camptodromous leaf venation.

Description: There are two types of camptrodromous leaf venation 1) in brochidodromous venation the secondary veins attach to the secondary veins above them and 2) in eucamptodromous venation the secondary veins do not join with the secondary veins above them. From Hickey (1973). These two types of venation are pinnately veined (= camptodromous).

Term:

Leaf venation camptodromous

Definition:

Referring to a type of leaf venation in which the secondary veins do not terminate at the margin; in one type each secondary vein connects with the seconday vein above it (brochidodromous) and in the other type the secondary veins do not connect with the secondary vein above it (eucamtodromous). Based on Hickey, 1973. For more information about leaf venation see Ellis et al, 2009.