A Variation of C4 Leaf Anatomy in Arundinella hirta (Gramineae) | Zendy

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A Variation of C₄ Leaf Anatomy in Arundinella hirta (Gramineae)

Author(s) -

R. Kent Crookston,

Dale N. Moss

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

plant physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554

H-Index - 312

eISSN - 1532-2548

pISSN - 0032-0889

DOI - 10.1104/pp.52.5.397

Subject(s) - vascular bundle , compartmentalization (fire protection) , parenchyma , biology , anatomy , vascular tissue , botany , poaceae , biochemistry , enzyme

The species Arundinella hirta L. posseses a striking variation of the leaf anatomy that is characteristic of C(4) grasses. In addition to a sheath of large, bright green cells around the vascular bundles, there are strands of large parenchyma cells which appear identical to the bundle sheath cells and which run parallel to the vascular bundles, but which are not associated with any vascular tissue. This species may be useful for studying the cellular compartmentalization associated with the C(4) pathway and should provide interesting material for determining the role of translocation in the functioning of the C(4) system.

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