Assertion: angiosperm's leaf | /r/CapableOf | maximize surface area
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text: Monocots typically have such linear leaves that maximize surface area while minimising self-shading.
text: Typically leaves are broad, flat and thin (dorsiventrally flattened), thereby maximising the surface area directly exposed to light and enabling the light to penetrate the tissues and reach the chloroplasts, thus promoting photosynthesis.
text: In most species, leaves are absent, greatly reduced, or modified as spines, minimizing the amount of surface area from which water can be lost, and the stem has taken over the photosynthetic functions of the plant.