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Buxus anatomy
Trying to find information on Buxus ballearica leaf anatomy. Any ideas???
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Buxus anatomy
Trying to find information on Buxus ballearica leaf anatomy.
It always helps if you spell it right. There is only one L. In a search, I found a slew of entries on the subject, in various languages. Try this; at least it's a closeup. A HREF="http://www.uib.es/depart/dba/botanica/herbari/generes/Buxus/balearic a/Buxusbalearica_s.JPG"Buxusbalearica_s.JPG (JG Image, 1396x1603 pixels)/A Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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Trying to find information on Buxus ballearica leaf anatomy. Any ideas??? mel turner schreef Sure, try sectioning some leaves with a razor blade, and look at the sections with a compound microscope. + + + This is good advice, although I am not sure where the compound microscope comes in + + + http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/an...w/buxaceae.htm or http://www.anbg.gov.au/angio/buxaceae.htm say: "Leaf anatomy. Lamina dorsiventral. Minor leaf veins without phloem transfer cells (Buxus)." http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/...buxalesweb.htm http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/...b.htm#Buxaceae says a little about leaves. + + + Careful, such sites tend to have been compiled in haste and are meant as an indication only, not as a source. Since there was a publication in the Bot. Journ. Linn. Soc. of last year (and before that too) it may be easier to browse through the list of references there? PvR |
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Rijckevorsel writes Careful, such sites tend to have been compiled in haste and are meant as an indication only, not as a source. Since there was a publication in the Bot. Journ. Linn. Soc. of last year (and before that too) it may be easier to browse through the list of references there? Also, descriptions of the characters of higher taxa are not always correct in every character for all subordinate taxa. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Buxus anatomy
Thanks for all your responses. Yes, I have been peering down some
microscopes at Buxus specimens. What I am particularly interested in is what I can only describe as a "rim" on the edge of the leaf. Inside the rim there appear to be bundles of fibres, which seem to be possibly silicified (very resistant to ashing and pinkish in colour in Canada balsam). I have checked various anatomy books and this kind of structure does occur in other dicot leaves, but what I am after is confirmation that my interpretation of this case is correct. Best Wishes, Martin |
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