Dicot Leaf Paradermal Sections
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Ligustrum
(privet) leaf paradermal section intercepting upper epidermis and palisade mesophyll.
Comarum palustre
(marsh cinquefoil) leaf paradermal section intercepting upper epidermis, palisade mesophyll, and top of vascular bundles.
Syringa vulgaris
(lilac) leaf paradermal section intercepting spongy mesophyll, veins, and palisade mesophyll.
Paradermal section of
Ambrosia trifida
(giant ragweed) leaf intercepting veins, palisade mesophyll, and spongy mesophyll.
Comarum palustre
(marsh cinquefoil) leaf paradermal section intercepting spongy mesophyll, palisade mesophyll, and veins.
Syringa vulgaris
(lilac) leaf paradermal section intercepting spongy mesophyll, palisade mesophyll, and a bit of vein.
Comarum palustre
(marsh cinquefoil) (Mexican tear-thumb) leaf torn to show vascular bundle and mesophyll (SEM).
Robinia
(locust) leaf clearing focused on vascular bundles.
Oleander (
Nerium
) leaf paradermal section intercepting veins, spongy mesophyll, and raphide crystal cells.
Ligustrum
(privet) leaf paradermal section intercepting veins and spongy mesophyll.
Nesogordonia dichrotomopsis
(Sterculiaceae) leaf torn to show spongy mesophyll and veins (SEM). Lersten and Curtis. 1997.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
207. 59-86.
Calliandra
leaf paraveinal mesophyll (SEM).
Ligustrum
(privet) leaf paradermal section intercepting spongy mesophyll.
Persicaria meisneriana
(Mexican tear-thumb) spongy mesophyll (SEM).
Persicaria sagittata
(arrow-leafed tear-thumb) leaf torn to show spongy mesophyll and stomates from within leaf (SEM). Lersten and Curtis. 1992.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
182: 71-106.
Persicaria arifolia
(halberd-leafed tear-thumb) leaf torn to show spongy mesophyll and abaxial epidermis from within leaf (SEM).
Persicaria meisneriana
(Mexican tear-thumb) leaf torn to show spongy mesophyll and stomates from within leaf (SEM). Lersten and Curtis. 1992.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
182: 71-106.
