leaf insertion

noun

In liverworts, the angle and orientation of the plane of the leaves with respect to the axis of the stem.

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nounleaf insertion (plural leaf insertions)

plural leaf insertions

  1. biologyIn liverworts, the angle and orientation of the plane of the leaves with respect to the axis of the stem.

    The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6
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