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axil

the angle between the upper surface of a branch or leafstalk and the stem from which it grows

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Axil

in plants, the point of divergence between a leaf and a branch. The axils of seed plants usually contain one or more axillary, or lateral, buds, from which may develop a leaf shoot or a branchlet of an inforescence, flower, thorn, or tendril.

axil

[′ak·səl]

(biology)

The angle between a structure and the axis from which it arises, especially for branches and leaves.

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leaf axils of screw pines), as well as oviposition sites; he also provided morphological description of the species' embryos and froglets.

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Inflorescences in racemes, internodes short or constricted, axillary, 1 per axil, 2-4 cm in length, 1 pair of terminal triads, axis of inflorescence cylindrical, contracted, bracts acute, the middle bract similar to the laterals.

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veluticarpa by its larger laminas with more numerous lateral veins, eglandular petioles, inflorescences borne in the axils of the earliest deciduous leaves, and patchily glabrescent mature fruits.

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Water volume was considered as a possible element of choice by anurans, as well as the physical characteristics per sampled plant (the water volume in the leaf axils and in the plant centre, the number of leaves and leaf axils, base width and biggest leaf length, the biggest diameter and plant height - from the rosette base to the top of the highest leaf).

The choice of bromeliads as a microhabitat by Scinax argyreornatus (Anura, Hylidae)/A escolha de bromelias, como micro-habitat, por Scinax argyreornatus (Anura, Hylidae)

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Normally the leaf is attached to the stem at the node, with a bud (embryonic shoot) arising in the leaf axil (where the leaf connects to the stem).

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In the axil of each leaf are bunches of many tiny blue flowers misty blue in colour.

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Then after they emerge, they open into pairs of slightly hairy leaves with a small red flower bud appearing in each axil. These will open into a remarkable flower that is triangular in shape with three pointed red sepals surrounding a small cream coloured cup.