scale leaf

Term Information

Accession
PO:0006003
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
related: cataphyll
exact: catáfila en escama (Spanish)
exact: 鱗片葉 (Japanese)
Definition
A phyllome that is reduced in size relative to a vascular leaf on the same plant and is often associated with a perennating or dormant bud or a vegetatively propagating organ such as a rhizome. [source: ISBN:0080374913]
Comment
May be photosynthetic or non-photosynthetic. Some species have vascular leaves that are scale-like (such as Juniperus, Thuja, and Chamaecyparis). Annotations for scale-like leaves should go under vascular leaf (PO:0009025), not scale leaf.

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