English

The leaves of Calypogeia are inserted incubously.

Adverb

incubously ‎(not comparable)

1. (botany) In an orientation such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
   • 1966, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, page 481

     […] such as in the Lepidoziaceae (with primarily incubously inserted leaves […]

Antonyms

• (of leaves): succubously

Related terms

• incubous
• incubus

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