Palmatifidus
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Also known as: palmatifida, palmatifidum
A leaf structure epithet describing a leaf that is palmately cut — lobes radiating from a central point like a hand — but not cut all the way to the base. Palmatifid leaves are intermediate between palmately lobed and fully palmate-compound. Appears as palmatifidus (masculine), palmatifida (feminine), or palmatidum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin palmatus (palm-shaped) + Latin -fidus (cleft, split), from findere (to split), meaning "palmately cleft."
Example
“Geranium palmatifidum and Pelargonium palmatifidum both have the characteristic deep, palm-like divisions that stop short of the leaf base — more deeply cut than palmatus but less completely than digitatus.”