Leaf
Leaf: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Leaf, Parts of Leaf, Reticulate Venation, Petiole, Parallel Venation, Lamina, Simple Leaf, Phyllotaxy, Axillary Bud, Compound Leaf, Stipules, Leaf Base, Pulvinus Leaf Base and, Modifications of Leaves
Important Questions on Leaf
In Opuntia, spines are modification of:



Why we can only eat leaves of cabbage?


In pitcher plant, pitcher is modified into:

Find out the correct matching from the following.
Palmately compound leaves - Leaflet attached to common axis rachis.
Phyllotaxy - Pattern of leaf arrangement on stem or branch.
Pinnately compound leaves - Leaflet attached to a common point, i.e., at the tip of petiole.
Venation - Arrangement of veins and veinlets in the lamina of leaf.


Which of the following is not a stem modification?


What are the different types of phyllotaxy?



Explain whorled phyllotaxy with suitable example.

Look at the picture carefully and choose the correct type of phyllotaxy.

Define phyllotaxy and write its types.

List the types of leaf base found in the plants.


Which among the following part of the leaf provides a large surface area to carry out photosynthesis?

Mention the function of leaf lamina.
