What are the names of the parts of leaves?

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When trying to identify or describe plants, it's helpful to be able to give specific details about the leaves. I know some of the basic shapes, but would like to learn what to call the different parts.

I'm hoping for a comprehensive description of each feature, including common and botanical terminology. Illustrations or links to pictures would be great too!

Might be a question for biology though this is also studied in horticulture — Graham Chiu, Jun 01 '16 at 04:07

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 01 '17 at 10:15

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Hope this is what you were looking for. These pictures are all from the site of the Colorado Master Gardener Program. (There's much more extensive information there than I can copy here.) They have more diagrams, and the explanation are very good. You can also print them out:

http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/GardenNotesUpdate.shtml

This one gives definitions using examples of different leaves:

http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/science/botany/anatomy/leafparts.htm

This one is cute. You can test yourself after each section to see if you really get it:

http://www.botanical-online.com/lahojaangles.htm

edited Dec 01 '17 at 10:15

VividD

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answered Jun 01 '16 at 16:11

Diane

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Thanks Diane! This is truly excellent, what I was looking for and more. I'm sure all this work you've done will help a lot of people! – Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL Jun 02 '16 at 01:23
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Sue- I'm glad! I can never remember all of the names, so I saved this post to myself. Figured it would be easier with the the diagrams in one place than having to look it up all the time. – Diane Jun 02 '16 at 13:53

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 13:05

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I think this question is too generic, so I'll give you a generic answer:

check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf : it is very precise on terminology.

answered Jun 01 '16 at 13:05

Giacomo Catenazzi

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What are the names of the parts of leaves?

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