Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. biological components
7. plant components

Narrower term/s

• leaflets (plant components)
• needles (plant components)

Anotations

Scope note:

Outgrowths, usually green and flattened, that extend from the stem of a vascular plant. Botanically, leaves are an integral part of the stem system, and they are initiated in the apical bud along with the tissues of the stem itself. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which in turn ultimately nourish and sustain all land animals, directly or indirectly.