Dicot Leaf Cross Sections
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Grape (
Vitis
) leaf cross section.
Apple (
Malus
) leaf cross section.
Milkweed (
Asclepias
) leaf cross section.
Ligustrum
(privet) leaf cross section.
Tomato (
Solanum lycopersicum
) leaf cross section with longisection of a minor vein.
Tobacco (
Nicotiana
) leaf cross section with paraveinal mesophyll.
Soybean (
Glycine max
) leaf cross section with paraveinal mesophyll.
Soybean (
Glycine max
) leaf clearing focused on the paraveinal mesophyll.
Soybean (
Glycine max
) leaf clearing focused on the crystal above a vascular bundle.
Comarum palustre
(swamp cinquefoil) leaf cross section with mucilage cells in the upper epidermis.
Comarum palustre
(swamp cinquefoil) leaf cross section with mucilage cells in the upper epidermis.
Citrus leaf cross section with oil cavities just beneath each epidermis.
Olea
(olive) leaf cross section with capitate (above surface) and peltate trichomes (at surface).
Olea
(olive) leaf cross section with capitate trichomes on epidermis and sclereids in mesophyll.
Ficus
(fig) leaf cross section with multiple epidermis layers and lithocyst in the upper epidermis.
Ficus
(fig) leaf cross section.
Oleander (
Nerium
) leaf cross section with stomatal crypts, thick cuticle, and multiseriate epidermis.
Nerium
(oleander) leaf cross section with stomatal crypts and multiseriate epidermis.
Nerium
(oleander) leaf cross section with stomatal crypt and multiseriate epidermis.
Nerium
(oleander) leaf cross section.
Hydromorphic floating leaf cross section with stomates on upper surface and large air chambers in spongy mesophyll.
Nymphaea
(water lily) floating leaf cross section with stomates on upper surface, large air chambers in spongy mesophyll, and astrosclereids.
Nymphaea
(water lily) floating leaf cross section with stomates on upper surface, large air chambers in spongy mesophyll, and astrosclereids.
Basswood (
Tilia
) sun leaf cross section.
Basswood (
Tilia
) shade leaf cross section.
