- A
pulvinus (pl.
pulvini) may
refer to a joint-like
thickening at the base of a
plant leaf or
leaflet that
facilitates growth-independent movement. Pulvinus...
- four-sided and
attached singly to
small persistent peg-like
structures (
pulvini or sterigmata) on the branches, and by
their cones (without any protruding...
-
leaflet to the leaflet's
swollen base (pulvinus), and from
there to the
pulvini of the
other leaflets,
which run
along the
length of the leaf's rachis...
- with
nyctastic movements. Anatomically, the
movements are
mediated by
pulvini.
Pulvinus cells are
located at the base or apex of the
petiole and the...
-
Pulvini at both ends of the
petioles of
Elaeocarpus multiflorus...
- branchlets. The
shoots are stout, pale buff-brown, glabrous, and with
prominent pulvini. The
leaves are needle-like, 23–35 mm long, stout,
moderately flattened...
- branchlets. The
shoots are stout, pale buff-brown, glabrous, and with
prominent pulvini. The
leaves are needle-like, 17–23 mm long, stout,
rhombic in cross-section...
- The
shoots are pale buff-brown,
glabrous (hairless) but with
prominent pulvini. The
leaves are needle-like, 15–20 mm long, 2 mm broad,
flattened in cross-section...
-
portions of stem, are
flexible and
often pendent. The
stems are
rough with
pulvini that
persist after the
leaves fall. The
winter buds are
ovoid or globose...
- occasionally, serrate. Both the
leaves and the
leaflets often have
wrinkled pulvini to
permit nastic movements. In some species,
leaflets have
evolved into...
