Leaf Modifications
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Bracts – colored
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Bracts – leafy green
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Carnivorous leaves
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Leaf tendrils
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Spiny leaves
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Spiny stipules
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Succulent leaves
Bracts – coloured (associated with inflorescences, e.g. poinsettia, bougainvillea, calla lily)
Modifications – Leaf
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Bracts – green (as part of an inflorescence – e.g. mum, lily)
Modifications – Leaf
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some resources include these as a belowground stem modifications (basal plate)
Bulb - fleshy scale leaves (e.g. lily, daffodil, onion)
Modifications – Leaf
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Carnivorous leaf (e.g. Venus flytrap)
Modifications – Leaf
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Leaf tendrils (e.g. vetch, clematis, pea)
Modifications – Leaf
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Spiny leaves (e.g. cactus, mahonia, barberry, holly, thistle)
Modifications – Leaf
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Spiny stipules (e.g. evergreen barberry, deciduous barberry, black locust tree)
Modifications – Leaf
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Succulent leaves (e.g. jade plant, sedum)
Modifications – Leaf
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