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Transverse dimensions of softwood tracheids
Author(s) -
SchultzeDewitz G.,
Götze H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.19921030307
Subject(s) - tracheid , softwood , scots pine , pinus <genus> , botany , transverse plane , woody plant , biology , horticulture , anatomy , xylem
For 130 years transverse dimensions of softwood tracheids have been the subject of study. Selected references show that diameter and wall thickness of the cells have been more thoroughly studied than lumen diameter. An attempt was made to correlate these three anatomical parameters among each of them and with wood density in 15 coniferous tree species and Ginkgo biloba L. In the case of an old Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) it will be emphasized besides juvenile and mature wood the so‐called »overmature wood«, by which is assumed its formation being due to symptoms of senescence.