Question

what are different modifications of petiole

Answer 1

A petiole is the small portion of a plant that attaches the leaf to the stem.

Some of the structural types are:

• Petiolate - With a petiole.
• Sessile - With a petiolule.
• Winged - With flattened blade-like margins.
• Channelled - With a longitudinal groove.
• Pericladial - With a sheathing base.
• Phyllodial - Flattened and blade-like.
• Inflated - Swollen or thickened.