Retuse

Retuse Adjective [ Botany ]
Adverb: Retusely
Noun: Retuseness

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	Of the apex of any laminar structure, e.g., petal, scale, leaf blade, very blunt, slightly notched ending in an obtuse sinus, and divided less than 5% the length of the structure.

[From Latin "retusus", past participle of "retundere", to beat back : "re-" + "tundere" to beat.]

Retuse leaf tip [ Botany ]

*Of a leaf apex rounded or obtuse with a central shallow indentation.*

Retuse (Haworthia) [ Botany ]

The term retuse is also used to categorize a group of flat leaved Haworthias species:
The genus Haworthias is split into various subgenera among them the most popular group are the flat-leaved types, ( Retusae group ). This group includes such plants as H. truncata, H. magnifica, H. pygmaea, H. springbokvlakensis, H. bayeri, H. emelyae and H. retusa.

Haworthia retusa

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