Microphyll (disambiguation)
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Microphyll can refer to:
- A leaf that is not necessarily physically small, with a particular type of vascular structureMicrophyllThe terminology of fossil plants is in places a little confusing. In the discipline's 200+ year history, certain concepts have become entrenched, even though improved understanding has threatened the foundations upon which they are based...
- In ecologyEcologyEcology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
- a leaf that has a blade with surface area 225-2025 mm2. (Compare macrophyll, mesophyllMesophyllMesophyll can refer to:* Mesophyll tissue, in plant anatomy, photosynthetic parenchyma cells that lie between the upper and lower epidermis layers of a leaf...
, megaphyll, nanophyll, notophyll) - In ecology - a plant, or vegetation, that has microphyll leaves