adaxial

abaxial (underside of the leaf, left) and adaxial (upper side, right) side of a leaf of the silver poplar

As adaxial from latin ad "to" and axis "axis," a location close to is generally referred to in the body or the body axis. In botany it is the name given to the side of a leaf facing the stem axis ( stem axis ) . This side is morphologically the top, but does not always have to face up. For flower organs , adaxial means the inwardly directed side.

The side facing away from the body axis or stem axis is called abaxial .

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Wiktionary: adaxial - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: abaxial - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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↑ ^a ^b Keyword “adaxial.” In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spectrum Akademischer Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg 2003. ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .
^ Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of Botany. Morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, evolution. 2nd, expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-937872-94-0 , p. 4.
↑ Keyword abaxial. In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .

[Herder-1] Keyword “adaxial.” In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spectrum Akademischer Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg 2003. ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .

[Wagenitz-2] Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of Botany. Morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, evolution. 2nd, expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-937872-94-0 , p. 4.

[Herder2-3] Keyword abaxial. In: Herder-Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0354-5 .