Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0095-0101 Eriophorum gracile Koch

First Collector Koch
Collection Date 2011-05-03
Country Germany
Province Thüringen
Latitude NA
Longitude NA
Altitude 200
Habitat Perennial. bog, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall very large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.75. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis cells inside

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 thin walled. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex present. Va

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