Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0548-0551 Carex vesicaria L.

First Collector L.
Collection Date 2010-06-17
Country Switzerland
Province Argovia
Latitude NA
Longitude NA
Altitude 380
Habitat Perennial. wezmeadow, subalpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.5. Otline triangular, acutely. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate).

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 5-10 mm, Rhizome center full, containing unlignified 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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