- (spiral) pattern, each leaf
arises at a
different point (node) on the stem.
Distichous phyllotaxis, also
called "two-ranked leaf arrangement" is a
special case...
-
succulent "tongue-shaped" leaves.
These are
either in two
opposite ranks (
distichous), or in
various distinctive spiral arrangements.
Their inflorescence is...
- tuberculate. G.
carinata var. retusa: (to the north-west near Worcester)
Leaves distichous,
oblong and strap-shaped
rather than keeled, and erect-spreading. Each...
-
leaves growing to
about 45 cm (18 in) long,
arranged in two
opposing rows (
distichous). The showy, funnel-shaped
flowers are
produced in an umbel-shaped inflorescence...
- a
stipe ( =
pollinium stalk). The
ovary is unilocular. The
leaves are
distichous or spiraling,
growing on
thickened stems. The
Epidendroideae are difficult...
- the
leaves are attached. Gr****
leaves are
nearly always alternate and
distichous (in one plane), and have
parallel veins.: 11 Each leaf is differentiated...
- long petioles, in a
distinctive fan
shape aligned in a
single plane (
distichous). The
large white flowers are
structurally similar to
those of its relatives...
- "maughanii" has
rounded leaves that grow in a
spiral rosette (not in a
distichous row, as in the more
common type variety) and can be
found in a
small restricted...
-
diaphragmed (divided by thin
partitions with
openings in them).
Branching distichous (arranged in two rows/on one plane) or spiral.
Leaves are alternate, two-ranked...
-
acinacifolia plants look very
different from adults.
Juveniles have a
distichous (two-ranked) leaf arrangement, with tubercled, strap-shaped,
blunt leaves...
