Divaricate

Divaricate

Divaricate is a term used in identifying plants describing the pattern of branching. Divaricate branching is roughly horizontal, usually only diverging about 15 degrees upward or downward.[1]

References

  1. ^ Vascular Plant Systematics, Albert E. Radford, William C. Dickison, Jimmy R. Massey, and C. Ritchie Bell, , 1974, Harper & Row Publishers