leptocauln.adj.
/ˈlɛptəʊkɔːl/ Botany.
A tree having a relatively thin primary stem and branches; also attributive or as adj. Cf. pachycaul n. and adj.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > characterized by other growth habits
brachiate1835
mop-headed1862
polycormic1899
leptocaul1949
pachycaulous1949
leptocaulous1964
pachycaul1964
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > other types of tree (characterized by habit) > leptocaul or pachycaul
leptocaul1949
pachycaul1949
1949 E. J. H. Corner in Ann. Bot. 13 393 The leptocaul, or modern tree, thus comes to dominate in height and spread and distribution.., forming the modern forests.
1964 E. J. H. Corner Life of Plants ix. 154 ‘Leptocaul’ (with thin primary stem) denotes the slender willow construction.
1964 E. J. H. Corner Life of Plants ix. 155 Leptocaul plants predominate in temperate and subtropical climates.
1974 New Phytologist 73 977 Leptocauls do not become pachycaul on islands.
Derivatives
leptoˈcaulous adj.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > characterized by other growth habits
brachiate1835
mop-headed1862
polycormic1899
leptocaul1949
pachycaulous1949
leptocaulous1964
pachycaul1964
1964 E. J. H. Corner Life of Plants xv. 275 Some of the herbaceous forms relate, like the banana, directly to the pachycaulous, others to the leptocaulous.
1973 F. Ehrendorfer in V. H. Heywood Taxonomy & Ecology xvi. 319 There is evidence for repeated changes from little-branched monopodial and pachycaulous types..to strongly branched, sympodial, leptocaulous, growth-forms.
ˈleptocauly n. development of this type.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > other types of tree (characterized by habit) > leptocaul or pachycaul > leptocauly or pachycauly
leptocauly1949
pachycauly1954
1949 E. J. H. Corner in Ann. Bot. 13 392 Leptocauly. I use this name to indicate the modern tree with relative[ly] slender primary axis and branches in contrast with the pachycaulous cycad.
1964 E. J. H. Corner Life of Plants ix. 154 (caption) Difference between pachycauly and leptocauly as shown by sections of the young twigs of figs.
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n.adj.1949