09-05-2024, 08:12 PM
I'm just gonna call them lobes 
It's interesting that you link the central connection of the stalk to leaf shape, I hadn't thought of it that way yet but I think you are right. Another botanically driven distinction? I guess it depends on whether we think of leaf shape as a stylistic preference, which then depends on one's view on the plants.
This leads to the next question: what do you make of typical "beta" leaves? Several fingers that appear fused at the base, then point in the same direction? These take very different forms (compare 39r, 40r, 46r...). Some of them look a bit like palm leaves fronds, but that can't explain all of them.
It's interesting that you link the central connection of the stalk to leaf shape, I hadn't thought of it that way yet but I think you are right. Another botanically driven distinction? I guess it depends on whether we think of leaf shape as a stylistic preference, which then depends on one's view on the plants.
This leads to the next question: what do you make of typical "beta" leaves? Several fingers that appear fused at the base, then point in the same direction? These take very different forms (compare 39r, 40r, 46r...). Some of them look a bit like palm leaves fronds, but that can't explain all of them.
