Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Asymmetric leaf base of Ulmus rubra. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Asymmetrical leaf base of Ulmus rubra (slippery elm) based on an unvouchered tree from Mountain Lakes, Westchester County, New York. This species has not been collected in the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnas Family Preserve.

Term:

Asymmetric leaf base

Definition:

Referring to a leaf base in which the two sides do not attach to the petiole at the same place, i.e., one is attached to the petiole higher than the other is attached.