Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0421-0424 Carex mucronata

First Collector NA
Collection Date 1962-07-23
Country Switzerland
Province Italy
Latitude NA
Longitude NA
Altitude 1800
Habitat Perennial. meadow, subalpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 0.5-1 mm, wall very large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.75. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aer

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 u-shaped, thick walled. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex

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