Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Alternate, imparipinnate leaves. Photo by S. A. Mori.

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:

Imparipinnate leaf

Definition:

Pinnate with an uneven number of leaflets, i.e., with a terminal leaflet. Same as odd pinnate.