The definition of leaf consistence categories in the Fynbos Biome and their distribution along an altitudinal gradient in the South Eastern Cape
- Journal of South African Botany, 49(2), p.87-101, 1983 .
Leaf consistence is a morphological which is used as an attribute for the structural classification of communities and for the evolutionary interpretation of plant form and function. There are, however, no unambiguous, criteria for the characterisation of leaf consistence categories.