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DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY FOR CYSTOLITH AND RAPHID BEARING PLANT ORGANS
Author(s) -
Sreemadhavan C. P.,
Henry A. N.,
Subramanyam K.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1216145
Subject(s) - herbarium , biology , terminology , botany , geography , linguistics , philosophy
Summary The term ‘furuncle’ ( Lat. swelling; adj. furunculate) is proposed for use in describing plant organs having ‘cystoliths' or ‘raphids' as cell‐inclusions, discernible in herbarium specimens as elevated areas on the surfaces of leaves and other organs.