Stele Types
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Psilotum
(whisk fern) actinostele.
Lycopodium
(club moss) plectostele.
Lycopodium
(club moss) plectostele.
Lycopodium
(club moss) plectostele.
Marsilea
rhizome, an ectophloic siphonostele.
Adiantum
(maidenhair fern) rhizome, an amphiphloic siphonostele.
Pteridium
(bracken fern) rhizome amphicribal bundle.
Medicago
(alfalfa) eustele.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section.
Acorus
(sweet-flag) rhizome with aerenchyma and amphivasal bundles.
Acorus
(sweet-flag) rhizome aerenchyma and amphivasal bundles.
Podophyllum
(May-apple) stem cross section: a dicot stem with an atactostele.
Polygonatum
(Solomon's seal) rhizome.
Smilax
(carrion flower) stem cross section.
Smilax
(carrion flower) stem cross section, an atactostele.
Zea mays
(maize) stem cross section, an atactostele.
Zea mays
(maize) stem cross section.
Lilium
(lily) stem cross section, an atactostele.
Iris
rhizome cross section.
Iris
vascular bundles.
Elymus repens
(quackgrass) rhizome cross section.
Juncus
(rush) stem cross section.
