a.1.(Bot.) Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia.
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1) are found among phyllodineous Acacia species (Kaplan, 1980), European ivy (Hedera helix, Goebel, 1913), aroid vines (Lee & Richards, 1991), Ulex europaeus (a leafless shrub with a leaf-beating "juvenile" stage), or tree species with a "divaricate" initial stage, i.e.
A classic example are phyllodineous Acacia species, where the compound leaves of juveniles are seen as an evolutionary legacy of an ancient, leaf-bearing progenitor (Kaplan, 1980; Gardner et al., 2008).