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Dichotomy in veins

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1  vascular bundle

English name: Water clover
Scientific name: Marsilea sp.
Familia: Marsileaceae
Classis: Filicopsida
Phylum: Gymnospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Dichotomous venation in a water clover leaf. Dichotomy branching arises by splitting of the growth area in two equal new growth regions.

http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/en/image-gallery/show/print/PL0084/print/

last modified: 5 Jun 2014