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  2. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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    Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]

  3. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Leaf Morphology Chart

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    Chart illustrating 61 morphological terms describing leaf shape, margins and venation. While Diliff's mega-panoramas are a hard act to follow, I thought I would throw the metaphorical hat into the ring with this illustration. I created it with the desire to make a richly encyclopedic image/poster with lots of information about leaf morphology.

  4. Foliation - Wikipedia

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    2-dimensional section of Reeb foliation 3-dimensional model of Reeb foliation. In mathematics (differential geometry), a foliation is an equivalence relation on an n-manifold, the equivalence classes being connected, injectively immersed submanifolds, all of the same dimension p, modeled on the decomposition of the real coordinate space R n into the cosets x + R p of the standardly embedded ...

  5. Leaf - Wikipedia

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    A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, [1] usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis.Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", [2] [3] while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. [4]

  6. C4 carbon fixation - Wikipedia

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    Leaf anatomy in most C 4 plants. A: Mesophyll cell B: Chloroplast C: Vascular tissue D: Bundle sheath cell E: Stoma F: Vascular tissue 1. CO 2 is fixed to produce a four-carbon molecule (malate or aspartate). 2. The molecule exits the cell and enters the bundle sheath cells. 3. It is then broken down into CO 2 and pyruvate.

  7. Polytrichum strictum - Wikipedia

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    P. strictum leaf cross section, showing lamellae, costa, and inrolled leaf margin. Polytrichum strictum is considered an important pioneer species in peatlands, able to tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions and disturbance regimes. [6]

  8. Russia arrests suspected cartel members, seizes $55 million ...

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    Russia said Friday it had arrested suspected members of a Colombian cartel trying to smuggle tens of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Europe.. The suspects were caught loading 570 ...

  9. Ground tissue - Wikipedia

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    Cross section of collenchyma cells Collenchyma tissue is composed of elongated cells with irregularly thickened walls . They provide structural support, particularly in growing shoots and leaves (as seen, for example, the resilient strands in stalks of celery ).