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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Leaves. | Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - Current Biology - Plant development: The making of a leaf. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Mind the leaf anatomy while taking ground truth with portable chlorophyll meters. | Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CDU Open Book Publishing - Plant Anatomy and Physiology - Leaves. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UPSpace Institutional Repository - Leaf Anatomy (PDF). | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Atlas of Ancient Life - Leaf Structure and Evolution. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Leaf Functional Anatomy in Relation to Photosynthesis. | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - The Science of Plants - Inside Leaves. | May 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Biology 2e - Leaves. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Planets - Pluto Facts. | Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - The Leaf. | Oct 06, 2022 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | May 13, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Spruce - Types of Leaf Arrangements. | Feb 14, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palomer College - WAYNE'S WORD - Leaf Terminology. | Jul 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Plant Leaves and Leaf Anatomy. | Apr 27, 2018 | ||
| Added a photo of a leaf with stinging trichomes. | Aug 10, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Aug 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Claude E. Phillips Herbarium - Plants for Kids - Leaf Structure. | Dec 30, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 05, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Feb 12, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Leave and Leaf Anatomy. | Feb 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Leaves and photosynthesis. | Feb 13, 2013 | ||
| Video providing an overview of leaf structure added. | Nov 10, 2011 | ||
| Added a video explaining how structures inside the leaf contribute to plant coloration. | Sep 19, 2011 | ||
| Added a photo showing sunlight shining on the leaves of a beech tree. | Sep 19, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. | Feb 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. | Feb 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Leaves. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - The Great Plant Escape - Leaves. | Jan 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Quatr.us - Who is Athena? | Jan 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: USDA Forest Service - Why Leaves Change Color. | Jan 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of the Western Cape - Different types of leaves. | Jan 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Environmental Education For Kids - Why Do Leaves Change Color? | Jun 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Backyard Nature - Leaves. | Apr 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Why Leaves Change Color. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 15, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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