Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0049-0052 Eleocharis acicularis

First Collector NA
Collection Date NA
Country Switzerland
Province Ticino
Latitude NA
Longitude NA
Altitude 500
Habitat NA

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter < 0.5 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 < 0.5 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 cortex

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