Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0376-0379 Carex humilis Leyss.

First Collector Leyss.
Collection Date 2011-04-02
Country Switzerland
Province Schwyz
Latitude NA
Longitude NA
Altitude 550
Habitat Perennial. Dry meadow, hill zone

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis cells inside thin, periphe

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 1-1.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing lignified cells. Endodermis absent.With cortex/central cylinder separation. Endodermis present. Endodermis cells thick walled all around. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the corte

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