new term suggestion: cauline & basal axillary branches
Pankaj Jaiswal
pj37 at cornell.edu
Thu Mar 17 14:05:17 EST 2005
Peter Stevens wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We had a discussion on this sometime back but the terms never made it
>> to the plant structure ontology. Here is it again.
>>
>> new term : cauline axillary branch
>> def: an axillary branch that forms above ground level and on an
>> elongated (cauline) internode
>
>
>
> Note that there will nearly always be problems with definitions like
> this that have two independent variables. What does one do with
> axillary shoots associated with short internodes on above-ground
> branches, e.g. some magnolia, rhododendron, Enkianthus. apple relatives?
>
> P.
>
Any suggestions on alternate definition.
-Pankaj
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