Claim · model-written summary
The stomatal complex of the studied Euphorbiaceae species is mainly amphistomatic.
- Taxon
- EuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaceaee0
- Outcome
- stomatal complexe4
- Value
- mainly amphistomatice4
Verbatim
e0“Micro-morphological investigations of the foliar epidermal anatomy of seven species of the family Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha hispidia Burm. f., A. wilkesiana Mull. Arg, Euphorbia heterophylla L., E. hirta L., Jatropha curcas L., J. gossypifolia L. and Manihot esculenta Crantz was carried out”
e4“The stomatal types observed were Anisocytic, Anomocytic, Diacytic, tetracytic, paracytic, and actinocytic. The stomatal complex was mainly amphistomatic except for A. wilkesiana that was hypostomatic”
Title
Onisodumeya Elemchukwu James; Blessing Opakirite Green; Mercy Gospel Ajuru; et al. International Journal of Frontiers in Life Science Research 2021. doi:10.53294/ijflsr.2021.1.1.0036
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Stomatal index varied among the Euphorbiaceae species studied.
- Observation Epidermal cells of the studied species are irregular to polygonal in shape on both leaf surfaces.
- Observation Epidermal cells of the studied species have straight to undulating anticlinal walls, with wavy to straight walls in a few cases.
- Observation Papillae are present only in E. heterophylla among the species studied, a unique character.
- Observation Stomatal types observed in the Euphorbiaceae species were anisocytic, anomocytic, diacytic, tetracytic, paracytic and actinocytic.
- Observation A. wilkesiana is hypostomatic, which is the first report of this character.
- Observation Non-glandular uniseriate and branched trichomes occur only on A. wilkesiana and E. hirta among the studied species.