Claim · model-written summary
Sterculiaceae species were relatively uniform in quantitative macromorphological traits, except leaf shape and base.
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e0“the species are relatively uniform in their quantitative macromorphological characters except for the leaf shape and base which varied from elliptic, lanceolate to palmate and leaf base from cordate, obtuse to cunneate.”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
Title
Foliar Epidermal Characters of Some Sterculiaceae Species in Nigeria
DO Aworinde; BO Ogundairo; KF Osuntoyinbo; et al. Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2012. doi:10.4314/bajopas.v5i1.10
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- Observation Epidermal cell number, anticlinal wall pattern, cell wall thickness and stomata size varied among species.
- Observation Epidermal cells ranged from polygonal to irregular, and anticlinal walls from straight to curved.
- Observation All examined Sterculiaceae species except five named species were amphistomatic.
- Observation T. cacao had anisocytic stomata.
- Observation C. hispida had laterocytic stomata.
- Observation C. millenni Schum had anomocytic stomata.
- Observation C. nitida had Staurocytic stomata.
- Observation W. indica, M. altissima and Malacantha alnifolia had paracytic stomata.
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