Types of Tendrils

Each type of tendril can be described best by noting its origin from a particular plant part.

leaf tendril: developed from the entire leaf primordium.
leaflet tendril: developed from a single leaflet of a compound leaf (as in many Bignoniaceae) or several of the most distal leaflets (as in sweetpea, Lathyrus)
stipular tendril: developed from a stipule attached at the leaf base (Example: Smilax, a lianaceous monocotyledon)
leaf tip tendril: developed from the apex of the developing leaf (Examples: glory lily, Gloriosa and another lily, Littonia modesta; Mutisia). This type of leaf apex is termed cirrhose.
prophyll tendril: developed from a prophyll, which is the first leaf on a shoot
stem tendril or shoot tendril: developed from a shoot apical meristem, and possibly having minute leaf primordia (Example: evergreen grape, Rhoicissus capensis)
pedicel tendril or peduncle tendril: developed from the axis that subtends a flower