Monocots - Database of anatomical images

ASC00115980 Leersia oryzoides

First Collector P.A. West
Collection Date 2010-09-05
Country USA
Province Arizona
Latitude 34.775547000000003
Longitude -112.022788000000006
Altitude 1013
Habitat Tuzigoot Natl. Monument

Anatomical description of culm

Cross-section round. Outline wavy. Culm center hollow. Recognizable epidermis cells. Peripheral sclerenchymatic stabilisation structure (girders) conic. Large vascular bundles distributed over the entire culm. Solitary large vascular bundles. Sclerenchyma

Anatomical description of leaf

Outline wavy. Upper epidermis cells in one row. Epdermis lignified. Vascular bundles centered between the upper and lower side of the leaf. Girders extending from the vascular bundle to both sides of the leaf.

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