Diplazium tomentosum 1 claim

species · family Athyriaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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

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“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”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 330–493

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

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