Fig. 1. Graphical representation of the limits between the different "leaf -size 



classes." Leaves smaller than a are leptophylls; between a and b nanophylls; 



between b and c microphylls; between c and twice d mesophylls; between twice 



d and eight times the area of the entire figure macrophylls and all larger leaves 



are megaphylls. 



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