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<div>Hi Alejandra,</div><div><br></div><div>One more question, does this term " rochidodromous arch" only specific to secondary vein or can be used in any vein order? </div><div><br></div><div>Chih-Wei</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br><div><html>On Apr 21, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Maria A. Gandolfo wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <font size="3"><br> Hi, <br><br> More than brochidodromous vein it is a "brochidodromous arch". <br><br> Hickey, L.J. 1973. Classification of the architecture of Dicotyledonous leaves. Amer. J. Bot 60: 17-33.<br><br> Dilcher, D.L. 1974. Approaches to the identification of angiosperms leaves. Bot Rev. 40<br><br> Leaf architecture Working group. 1999. Manual of leaf architecture. 65 p.<br><br> <br> Alejandra<br> At 12:01 PM 4/21/2008, you wrote:<br> </font><blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""><font size="3">Hi Alejandra,<br><br> Thank you for quick reply.<br> I also found a review paper "Evolution and Function of leaf venation <br> architecture", it has a "brochidodromous venation" picture (see pdf <br> attachment). I will also look into those papers you mentioned here.<br><br> One thing I am puzzled is the photo has a pink highlight at the <br> peripheral region, it's likely AGRON-OMICS are interested in that <br> particular structure (peripheral vein), do you know if there is any <br> specific terminology to describe such joined vein structure? Can we <br> call it "brochidodromous vein" ?<br><br> Thanks,<br><br> Chih-Wei<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br> On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Maria A. Gandolfo wrote:<br><br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""><br> Hi Chih-Wei,<br><br> For many years paleobotanists have used leaf architecture as one <br> tool to describe leaf remains.<br><br> There are several papers that address the leaf vein architecture <br> terminology (Dilcher 1973, Hickey 1974 and more recently LAWG 1999).<br><br> What the photo is showing is considered to be the typical <br> brochidodromous venation (secondary veins joined together in a <br> series of prominent arches).<br><br> <br> If you want the papers I mentioned, I can send them to you<br><br> Alejandra<br><br> <br> At 10:27 AM 4/21/2008, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Dear PO developers,<br><br> We recently got a request from AGRONO-MICS group regarding to the<br> term " peripheral vein: a vein located toward the margin of the leaf<br> lamina" (see attached picture).<br> Pankaj raised a issue about how peripheral vein differs from tertiary<br> vein or high order vein, it is very tricky to determine the vein<br> orders when the veins form a continuous structure at the proximal<br> ends. If you have any thoughts about this structure, please share<br> wit us, we would like to resolve it as soon as possible.<br><br> Best,<br><br> Chih-Wei<br><br> <br><br> <br> Content-Type: application/octet-stream;<br> x-mac-type=5738424E;<br> x-unix-mode=0644;<br> x-mac-creator=4D535744;<br> name=peripheral vein.doc<br> Content-Disposition: attachment;<br> filename="peripheral vein.doc"<br><br> <br><br> <br> </blockquote></blockquote><br><br> <br> Hi Alejandra,<br><br> Thank you for quick reply. <br> I also found a review paper "Evolution and Function of leaf venation architecture", it has a "brochidodromous venation" picture (see pdf attachment). I will also look into those papers you mentioned here. <br><br> One thing I am puzzled is the photo has a pink highlight at the peripheral region, it's likely AGRON-OMICS are interested in that particular structure (peripheral vein), do you know if there is any specific terminology to describe such joined vein structure? Can we call it "brochidodromous vein" ? <br><br> Thanks,<br><br> Chih-Wei<br><br> <br> Content-Type: application/pdf;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-mac-type=50444620;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-unix-mode=0644;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-mac-creator=4341524F;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> name=Evolution and function of leaf venation architecture-review.pdf<br> Content-Disposition: inline;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> filename="Evolution and function of leaf venation architecture-review.pdf"<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Maria A. Gandolfo wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""><br> Hi Chih-Wei, <br><br> For many years paleobotanists have used leaf architecture as one tool to describe leaf remains.<br><br> There are several papers that address the leaf vein architecture terminology (Dilcher 1973, Hickey 1974 and more recently LAWG 1999).<br><br> What the photo is showing is considered to be the typical brochidodromous venation (secondary veins joined together in a series of prominent arches).<br><br> <br> If you want the papers I mentioned, I can send them to you<br><br> Alejandra<br><br> <br> At 10:27 AM 4/21/2008, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Dear PO developers,<br><br> We recently got a request from AGRONO-MICS group regarding to the <br> term " peripheral vein: a vein located toward the margin of the leaf <br> lamina" (see attached picture).<br> Pankaj raised a issue about how peripheral vein differs from tertiary <br> vein or high order vein, it is very tricky to determine the vein <br> orders when the veins form a continuous structure at the proximal <br> ends. If you have any thoughts about this structure, please share <br> wit us, we would like to resolve it as soon as possible.<br><br> Best,<br><br> Chih-Wei<br><br> <br><br> <br> Content-Type: application/octet-stream;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-mac-type=5738424E;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-unix-mode=0644;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> x-mac-creator=4D535744;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> name=peripheral vein.doc<br> Content-Disposition: attachment;<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> filename="peripheral vein.doc"<br><br> <br><br> <br> </blockquote></blockquote></font></blockquote> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>