Phyllode:-

1. Phyllode is a modified leaf, a petiole.

2. In Phyllode petiole is modified to a planed, leaf like development services inexperienced in coloration exhibiting photosynthesis.

3. Phyllode bears an axillary bud.

Example:  Acacia moniliformis of Fabaceae 

Phylloclade:

1. It is an aerial stem or branch modification.

2. Here the stem is modified into a flat or cylindrical, succulent and green structure.

3. It arises in the axil of the leaf which falls off, leaving a scar.

Example: Opuntia, Casuarina.

Cladode:

1. It is an aerial branch modification.

2. Here the branch is also modified into a succulent, green, flat or cylindrical or leaf like structure.

3. May appear in cluster or singly in the axil of scale leaf. It is a phylloclade of mostly one or rarely two internodes only .

Example: Asparagus, Ruscus.