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Leaf anatomy of Anthericopsis sepalosa and nine species of Murdannia was studied using scanning electron microscopy, paraffin embedded sections, whole leaf clearings, and epidermal scrapes. Anthericopsis was distinctive because of its attenuate margin with basal tannin cells and a broad, discontinuous, adaxial hypodermis. Murdannia was characterized by a thin epidermis, patterned cuticle, usually continuous hypodermis, and generally marginal sclerenchyma. Both genera showed several apparently synapomorphic characters, such as lack of a thick midrib, presence of a broad adaxial hypodermis, and a tapered margin, that separated them from other genera of tribe Commelineae. The anatomical support morphological data that show a phylogenetic relationship between the two genera.
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Faden, R.B., Inman, K.E. (1996). Leaf Anatomy of the African Genera of Commelinaceae: Anthericopsis and Murdannia . In: van der Maesen, L.J.G., van der Burgt, X.M., van Medenbach de Rooy, J.M. (eds) The Biodiversity of African Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_58
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