Claim · model-written summary
In Diplazium tomentosum and Lindsaea lucida, blue iridescence is based on multiple layers of cellulose microfibrils in the uppermost epidermal cell walls.
- Taxon
- D. tomentosum and L. lucidaLindsaea lucidaDiplazium tomentosume3
- Organ / stage
- uppermost cell walls of the adaxial epidermise3
- Outcome
- ultrastructural basise3
- Qualifier
- multiple layers of cellulose microfibrilse3
Verbatim
e3“The ultrastructural basis for this in D. tomentosum and L. lucida is multiple layers of cellulose microfibrils in the uppermost cell walls of the adaxial epidermis”
Title
Physical and Ultrastructural Basis of Blue Leaf Iridescence in Four Malaysian Understory Plants
Kevin S. Gould; David W. Lee American Journal of Botany 1996. doi:10.2307/2445952