PLANT IDENTIFICATION REVIEW. The broad, flat part of a leaf. BLADE.
Leaf Identification
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Leaf Identification
to identify broad and narrow shaped leaves to identify simple and compound leaf groupings to identify leaf arrangement to identify leaf margin characteristics to identify leaf venation to identify leaf structure
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Leaf Structure
• The Leaf Blade
• The blade is the entire leaf unit. Sometimes this is made up of several smaller leaflets.
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Leaf Veins
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Leaf Margin
• The margin is the term used to describe the edge of the leaf.
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Leaf Base
• Base is the name given to the part of the blade that is closest to the stem.
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Leaf Apex
• The Apex is the tip of the leaf.
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Petiole
• The Petiole is the thin stalk that connects the leaf blade to the stem
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Stipule
• Stipules are tiny leaf-like structures that may or may not be present at the base of the petiole.
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Petiolate and Sessile
• Leaves which have petioles are called Petiolate
• If a leaf has no petiole it is called Sessile.
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Seven Main Leaf Structures
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Leaf Blade
• The main part of a leaf is the blade.
• Nine major shapes– Linear– Lanceolate– Oblong– Elliptic– Ovate Cordate– Reniform– Spatulate– Orbicular
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Linear
• Narrow, with parallel or nearly parallel side
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Lanceolate
lance shaped, longer than broad and tapering to a point at the tip
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Oblong
• Much longer than wide, with nearly parallel sides
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Elliptic
• Shaped like an ellipse, wider at the center and tapering to equal tips
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Ovulate
• egg-shaped, broader at the base than the tip
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Cordate
• Heart shaped, either the leaf shape or base
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Reniform
• Kidney shaped
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Spatulate
• In the shape of a spatula or spoon
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Orbicular
• Round
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Leaf Groupings
• How leaves are grouped on stem– Simple– Compound
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Three types of compound
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Leaf Margins
• The shape of the edge or margin of a leaf is another way it can be identified. Three kinds of margins are Entire, Toothed, and Lobed.
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EntireSmooth no bumps
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Toothed
• Shallow bumps
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Dentate
• Pointing outward
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Serrate
• Point to the leaf’s tip
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Crenate
• Broad and round
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Incised
• deeply cut with sharp, irregular teeth
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Lobed
• deep indents or sinuses
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Sinnate
• very wavy margin
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Undulate
• wavy margin, but not as wavy as a sinuate margin