morphological terms

[Olivier De Clerck]

Dear all,

I would like to address the following question to the more
morphologically oriented people among you. I'm looking for a term (or
a reference work) which defines a dichotomous branching where one axes
becomes larger than the other one, in this way giving the thallus a
`sympodial' aspect. As the thallus branches dichotomously terms like
`sympodial', although frequently used among phycologists, are
completely out of the question as they always imply main axes and
laterals.

Looking forward hearing usefull suggestions.

Kind regards,

Olivier De Clerck


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Olivier De Clerck
Dept. Morph., Syst. & Ecol., Lab. Botany
K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35 - B-9000 Gent, Belgium
tel 9-264.50.64 / fax 9-264.53.34 / olivier.declerck at rug.ac.be

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