new term suggestion: cauline & basal axillary branches

[Peter Stevens]

>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
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>>
>>
>>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.


an axillary branch that forms above ground level?

P.

>
>-Pankaj