Botanical question - serrate, denticulate etc?

SandyBeds · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 07:01 AM

Hi people, can anyone help? I am trying to work out the difference between some of the terms used by botanists to describe leaf margins.

The two that I am most confused about (and Google is not forthcoming with the answers) are serrate and denticulate. Can anyone tell me the difference? To my untrained eye, the pictures look very similar.

Thank you in advance.

Tiggrx · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 07:07 AM

Both are very but serrate teeth on a leaf would be larger than denticulate ones. Denticulate means with tiny teeth. Where the diving line comes may be a bit difficult to work out.