Crystal Cells
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section with aerenchyma and druses.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section under polarized light showing druses and starch.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section under polarized light.
Persicaria glabra
(dense-flowered knotweed) leaf cross section with druse cells (SEM).
Persicaria glabra
(dense-flowered knotweed) druses (SEM).
Persicaria arifolia
(halberd-leafed tear-thumb) spongy mesophyll with druse cell (SEM).
Persicaria arifolia
(halberd-leafed tear-thumb) druse cell. Lersten and Curtis. 1992.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
182: 71-106.
Druse crystal.
Nicotiana
(tobacco) stem longisection with crystal sand cells.
Nicotiana
(tobacco) stem longisection with crystal sand cells under polarized light.
Solanum lycopersicum
(garden tomato) stem with crystal sand cell.
Solanum lycopersicum
(garden tomato) stem with crystal sand cell under polarized light.
