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STUDIES ON OUTER EPIDERMAL CELL WALLS WITH MICROCHANNELS IN A XEROPHYTIC SPECIES
Author(s) -
LYSHEDE OLE B.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01576.x
Subject(s) - cell wall , biophysics , electron microscope , botany , chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , biology , optics , physics
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 micro‐channels contain pectic substances and branch richly. The structure of the wall and the microchannels are discussed in relation to the ecology of the plant.