Modified leaves assist climb: passion flower

1 of 1 Passion flower tendril / Nagarazoku / License

Vetches and passion flowers climb other plants with the help of leaves modified into tendrils.

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"Vetches and passion flowers have modified some of their leaves even more extremely and converted them into tendrils. These grope around in space until they touch the stem of another and swiftly coil around it." (Attenborough 1995:161-162)

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Passiflora
Passiflora

Organism/taxonomy data provided by:
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist

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References

Attenborough, D. 1995. The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behavior. London: BBC Books. 320 p.

Modified leaves assist climb: passion flower

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