Studies on outer epidermal cell walls with microchannels in a xerophytic species

In the thick cutinized outer epidermal wall in the stem of Spartocytisus filipes radiating microchannels have been observed. The structure of the wall and the microchannels have been investigated by histochemistry, polarized light, and electron microscopy. The microchannels contain pectic substances...

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Published inThe New phytologist Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 421 - 426
Main Author Lyshede, O.B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Publications 01.03.1978
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Animal cuticle
Birefringence
Epidermal cells
Hems
Microchannel plates
plant anatomy
Plant cuticle
plant morphology
Plants
Transpiration
Trichomes
Waxes
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Summary:In the thick cutinized outer epidermal wall in the stem of Spartocytisus filipes radiating microchannels have been observed. The structure of the wall and the microchannels have been investigated by histochemistry, polarized light, and electron microscopy. The microchannels contain pectic substances and branch richly. The structure of the wall and the microchannels are discussed in relation to the ecology of the plant.
ISSN:0028-646X
1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01576.x