Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

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:

Bipinnate, bipinnately compound

Definition:

Twice-pinnate; e.g., leaves of many species of Fabaceae-Mimosaceae. See pinnate.

Related Terms:

Pinnate
Tripinnately compound leaf