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1
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Parts of a grass leaf?

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• Grass leaf – some specialist terminology: – sheath

– blade – ligule – auricle

2
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What are some major modifications in leaves?

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  • Major leaf modifications:
  • tendrils – climbing support
  • phyllodes - acacias
  • bracts – ‘false petals’ – poinsettia – spine (leaf)/thorn (stem)/prickle (epidermal)
  • protection – bud scales, spines
  • water storage – some succulents • food storage – bulbs
  • traps – carnivorous plants
  • propagation – ‘mother of millions’
3
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Tendrils

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• Vitistendril:
– extra-axillary lateral
bud, or
– modified inflorescence
inhibited from completing floral development by GAs
4
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What are Insectivorous plants?

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• Insectivorous plants
• Usually swampy, low fert. ( esp. N) areas • 4 types:
• Pitcher plants
– some leaves normal
– some vase-like, flap above open end
– nectar-secreting glands near open end
– attracts insects
– some fall into tube, liquid at base
– tube walls waxy, downward pointing hairs – insect digested by enzymes
5
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Leaf Morphology?

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• Leaf morphology
–Leaf arrangement
–Leaf structure • Simple
• Compound
–Simple, Trifoliolate, Palmate, Pinnate, Bipinnate, Tripinnate
6
Q

Leaf Arrangement?

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• Leaf arrangment

– alternate – opposite – whorled

7
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Leaf dissection?

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• Leaf dissection
– simple
– compound
• trifoliolate (not trifoliate!!!) • palmate
• pinnate
• bipinnate
• tripinnate