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Lepidote
Lepidote meaning
Covered with scurfy scales.
Example sentences (4)
It was not until 1893 that Koehne appreciated the significance of scaling and hence the separation of lepidote and elepidote species.
The largest of these is subgenus Rhododendron, containing nearly half of all known species and all of the lepidote species.
These included the position of the inflorescence buds (terminal or lateral), whether lepidote or elepidote, deciduousness of leaves, and whether new foliage was derived from axils from previous year's shoots or the lowest scaly leaves (Table 2.).
They have frequently been divided based on the presence or absence of scales on the abaxial (lower) leaf surface ( lepidote or elepidote).