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Leaf Modifications
Bracts – colored
Bracts – leafy green
Carnivorous leaves
Leaf tendrils
Spiny leaves
Spiny stipules
Succulent leaves
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Bracts – coloured (associated with inflorescences, e.g. poinsettia, bougainvillea, calla lily)
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Bulb - fleshy scale leaves (e.g. lily, daffodil, onion)
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some resources include these as a below-
ground stem modifications (basal plate)
Spiny stipules (e.g. evergreen barberry, deciduous barberry, black locust tree)
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Succulent leaves (e.g. jade plant, sedum)
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