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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)...
- narrow,
prolonged point.
Acute Coming to a sharp, but not
prolonged point.
Auriculate Ear-shaped.
Cordate Heart-shaped with the
notch towards the stalk. Cuneate...
- has
strongly cordate to
auriculate or even
peltate leaves,
while the
leaves of
Kalanchoe ×
houghtonii are
narrower and the
leaf base is attenuate, cuneate...
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daigremontiana and its
leaf base is attenuate,
cuneate to
weakly cordate or
auriculate,
while Kalanchoe daigremontiana has
strongly cordate to
auriculate or even peltate...
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typically lighter in coloration. Seed pods are two-chambered with an
auriculate base and have many
small seeds.
Seeds are ovular, translucent, and golden...
- stem
directly with
auriculate leaf bases. Alternatively,
leaves may have
short petioles with
winged margins resembling leaflets. The
leaf margins are usually...
- 5 cm long and 5–8 mm wide, apex is
rounded to obtuse,
leaf base is unequal,
either auriculate or cuneate. Inflorescence,
terminal or axial, up tp 30 cm...
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suarezensis are spotless. K.
mortagei differs by
having auriculate to
peltate leaves,
while the
leaf base of K.
suarezensis is
attenuate to truncate. K. poincarei...
- ("Bears Paw") has
hairy ("tomentose") leaves.
Cotyledon velutina has
auriculate leaves below its inflorescence.
Cotyledon woodii is an
erect shrub (up...
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species K. poincarei. K.
mortagei differs by
having auriculate to
peltate leaves,
while the
leaf base of K.
suarezensis is
attenuate to truncate. Hamet-Raymond...
