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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