PLANTS
THE LEAF
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Question
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Sessile leaves
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Epetiolate leaves
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Sessile or Epetiolate leaves
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Compound leaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -Leaves lacking petiole are called sessile.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sessile leaves lack petioles (leaf stalks). A leaf that is not sessile is petiolate. For example, the leaves of most monocotyledons lack petioles.
Detailed explanation-3: -The petiole is a stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem. In petiolate leaves, the leaf stalk may be long, as in the leaves of celery and rhubarb, or short. When completely absent, the blade attaches directly to the stem and is said to be sessile.
Detailed explanation-4: -sessile-a leaf whose blade is attached directly to the stem, lacking a petiole.
Detailed explanation-5: -When the leaf blade is attached directly to the stem, that is, when there is no petiole, like here, the leaf is then called sessile. A petiolate leaf is attached to the stem by a petiole.