Epidermis and Stomates
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Urtica dioica
(stinging nettle) abaxial epidermis, stomates, and vascular bundles.
Acacia
leaf clearing with focus on epidermis and stomates.
Ligustrum
(privet) paradermal leaf section showing stomates and a glandular trichome.
Freehand paradermal section of Swedish ivy (
Plectranthus verticillatus
) showing stomates and developing oil trichome.
Populus tremuloides
(quaking aspen) leaf clearing showing abaxial epidermis with developmental stages of stomates.
Populus deltoides
(cottonwood) leaf clearing with focus on lower epidermis showing stomates in all stages of development.
Populus deltoides
(cottonwood) leaf clearing with focus on abaxial epidermis and showing stages of stomate development.
Populus deltoides
(cottonwood) cleared leaf showing stomate developmental stages on the abaxial epidermis.
Kalanchoe
lower epidermis with immature stomates.
Kalanchoe
lower epidermis with stomate in early stage of development.
Kalanchoe
lower epidermis with mature stomate.
Stomate in banana (Musa) leaf clearing.
Bryophyllum (Crassulaceae) stomate.
Kalanchoe
leaf freehand paradermal section showing turgid stomate.
Kalanchoe
stomate.
Stomate on
Dendrocnide
(stinging tree) leaf (SEM).
Dendrocnide
(stinging tree) stomate (SEM).
Dendrocnide
(stinging tree) leaf torn to show stomate from within leaf (SEM).
Chidlowia sanguinea
(West African tropical hardwood) abaxial surface of leaf (SEM). Lersten and Curtis. 1996.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
200: 21-39.
Cercidium
(palo verde) leaf tear showing mesophyll and stomates "from within".
Musa
(banana) leaf clearing with stomate and vascular bundle.
Populus deltoides
(cottonwood) leaf clearing with raised stomates.
Populus deltoides
(cottonwood) leaf clearing showing raised stomates.
Canna
leaf cross section with stomate and substomatal chamber.
