Explain how you would tell if something that looks like a leaf (flat and green plant part) is infact,
developmentally, a leaf.
Thanks!
Solution
A flat borad green plant part can be called as leaf if
1: it is present laterally to the shoot apex.
2: it is developed as determinate outgrowth of the shoot apex.
3: An axillary bud is located in the axil of the green flat plant part.
4: Successive leaves follow a particular pattern of arrangement i.e. they are developed in
phyllotaxy.
5: Two most common visible structural parts of leaves as lamina and petiole. The lamina is the
broad flat part of the leaf that has veins..
Explain how you would tell if something that looks like a leaf (flat.pdf
1. Explain how you would tell if something that looks like a leaf (flat and green plant part) is infact,
developmentally, a leaf.
Thanks!
Solution
A flat borad green plant part can be called as leaf if
1: it is present laterally to the shoot apex.
2: it is developed as determinate outgrowth of the shoot apex.
3: An axillary bud is located in the axil of the green flat plant part.
4: Successive leaves follow a particular pattern of arrangement i.e. they are developed in
phyllotaxy.
5: Two most common visible structural parts of leaves as lamina and petiole. The lamina is the
broad flat part of the leaf that has veins.
