leaf_width

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• Label: Leaf width
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011214
• Type: numeric
• Definition: The maximum [NCIT:C25564] width [PATO:0000921] axis of a leaf [PO:0025034] measured perpendicular to [PATO:0002434] the leaf length [PATO:0000122].;Maximum width axis of a leaf or a leaf analogue (a leaflet, cladode, or phyllode), measured perpendicular to the leaf length.
• Additional comments: This trait refers to the single line marking the maximum width of the leaf lamina. For a compound leaf the correct measure is the maximum width of the total leaf blade. It is the width measure that will be reported in taxonomic treatments. It is not the `effective_leaf_width`, a trait that records the diameter of the largest circle that can be drawn within the leaf lamina. If a leaf analogue (leaflet, cladode, or phyllode) is measured instead of a true leaf, this should be noted as a `context` or under `measurement_remarks`.
• units: mm
• allowable range: 0.01 - 100000 mm

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011214) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 74,333 records. This includes:

• data for 19,910 species.
• data for 280 families.
• data from 56 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)