leaf_pendulousness

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• Label: Leaf pendulousness
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011414
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A leaf position trait [TO:0000541] which indicates whether leaves [PO:0025034] are pendulous [APD:glossary/40066], hanging loosely downward and possessing the ability to flutter.;Binary variable describing whether leaves are pendulous, hanging loosely downward and possessing the ability to flutter.
• Additional comments: This is a binary categorical trait, scoring whether leaves are pendulous and therefore hanging loosely downward and able to flutter. Two additional traits, `leaf_inclination_angle` and `leaf_axil_angle` document the actual angle of the leaf lamina relative to, respectively, the solar zenith and the stem.
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  not_pendulous	Leaves are not pendulous.
  pendulous	Leaves are pendulous.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011414) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 263 records. This includes:

• data for 229 species.
• data for 60 families.
• data from 9 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)