Alignment of laminae of all the leaves of different nodes of a twig at the same level due to decrease in petiolar length from basal leaves to apical leaves and presence of laminae of smaller leaves in between laminae of larger leaves is called
Homoeophylly or Isophylly : Presence of morphologically identical leaves in the same plant or twig.
Asnisophylly : Presence of morphologically different types of leaves at the same node. Ex: Goldfussia, Selaginella, Salvinia.
Heterophylly : Presence of morphologically different types of leaves at different nodes of the twig. Ex : Limnophila, Ranunculus, Coriander, Bean
Leaf mosaic : Alignment of laminae of all the leaves of different nodes of a twig at the same level due to decrease in petiolar length from basal leaves to apical leaves and presence of laminae of smaller leaves in between laminae of larger leaves.
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