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abot92-6
Title
Scanning electron micrograph of wood of Marcgravia umbellata (Marcgraviaceae)
Author
Frederic Lens K.U.Leuven Institute of Botany and Microbiology Laboratory of Plant Systematics Kasteelpark Arenberg 31 Leuven B-3001 Belgium
Keywords
Scanning electron micrograph, Marcgravia umbellata, coalescent pits
Description
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Scanning electron micrograph of wood of Marcgravia umbellata (Marcgraviaceae), a lianous native of the neotropics, showing coalescent pits in the inner wall of a vessel element (pit apertures ca. 2-3 ;gmm). Despite some characteristic features related to the lianous habit, such as wide vessels that co-occur with narrow vessels, axial parenchyma in proximity to vessels, and wide multiseriate rays, the wood of Marcgraviaceae can be linked to its close relative Tetrameristaceae s.l.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Frederic Lens, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
Marcgravia umbellata,
Link URL
http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/6/941
Link Title
Relationships within balsaminoid Ericales: a wood anatomical approach
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