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LANZONES
Lansium domesticum
SUNFLOWER
Helianthus annuus
SANTOL
Sandoricum koetjape
MANGO
Mangifera indica
B. Opposite two leaves arises from each node opposite each other, may be at
right angles to the upper or lower pair
GUAVA
Psidium guajava
JAPANESE BAMBOO
Bambusa spinosa
MALAY APPLE
Syzygium malaccense
YELLOW BELL
Allamanda cathartica
DITA
Alstonia scholaris
H.
I.
2. Whorled or Verticillate
more than two leaves forming a
whorl at each node. e.g.
Nerium, Alstonia
J.
K.
F.
b. Opposite Decussate two
successive pairs of leaves
are arranged at right angles
to
one
another.
e.g.
Calotropis, Ixora
G.
L.
M. Acyclic, Spiral or Alternate
Phyllotaxy there is only one leaf
at each node.
N.
1. Acyclic
a. Distichous / Two-ranked /
1
2 Phyllotaxy the leaf
c. Pentastichous
ranked /
2
5
Five-
Phyllotaxy
P.
Q.
R.
S.
b. Tristichous
ranked /
1
3
Three-
Phyllotaxy
W.
d. Parastichous Phyllotaxy
when leaves are arranged in
very close spirals and it is
not possible to count the
orthostichies. e.g. Phoenix,
Cocos
X.
2. Spiral each leaf is located
slightly to the side of the ones
immediately above and below
it, and leaves form a spiral up
the stem.
Y.
Z.
U.
AA.
3. Alternate
the
leaves
interchanging every other leaf
above the stem.
AB.
AC.
AD.
AE.
AF.
AG.
AH.
AI.
AJ.
AK.
AL.
AM.
AN.
AO.
AP.
AQ.
AR.
AS.
Leaf Margin the
leafs edges
AT.
AU. Types of Leaf Margin
AV.
1. Crenate
AW.
AX.
AY.AMERICAN ELM
AZ.
Ulmus
Americana
BA.
2. Incised
BB.
BC.
BD.
YELLOW FALSE
FOXGLOVE
BE.
Aureolaria
pectinata
BF.
BG.
BH.
BI.
BJ.
3. Undulate
BK.
BL.
BM.
BN.
SACRED FIG
Ficus religiosa
BO.
4. Lobed
BP.
BQ.
BR.
BS.
LESSER SWINECRESS
Coronopus
didymus
BT.
5. Entire
BU.
BV.
BW.
BX.
HAWAIIANS
Chamaesyce
celastroides
BY.
6. Serrate
BZ.
CA.
CB.
CC.
MISTFLOWER
Ageratina riparia
CD.
CE.
CF.
7. Doubly serrate
CG.
CH.
CN.
WHITE
SHOOTING STAR
CO.
Dodecatheon
dentatum
CP.
CQ.
CR.
9. Sinuate
CS.
CT.
10.
DV.
DP.
DQ.
DR.
DS.
DT.
DU.
Serrulate
DW.
DX.
DY.
RED CHOKEBERRY
Photinia pyrifolia